Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects were patients who were diagnosed with definite or probable idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (according to the criteria set by the Sudden Deafness Research Committee of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 1973). Subjects also satisfied the following conditions; (1) sensorineural hearing loss that clearly took place within 72 hours, (2) pure tone average at five frequencies (250, 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz) ranged 40 dB or more, (3) diagnosis within 28 days after the onset, (4) able to come to the outpatient clinic.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were as follows; (1) acoustic neurinoma or other CNS disorder causing hearing loss by MRI scan, (2) viral labyrinthitis by clinical symptoms and increase of antibody titer, (3) sensorineural hearing loss occurring after administration of aminoglycosides, loop diuretics or platinum-based drugs, (4) sensorineural hearing loss occurring following exposure to loud noise, (5) perilymphatic fistula caused from trauma, cholesteatoma, tumor of the middle ear, malformation of the inner or middle ear or surgery in the inner or middle ear, (6) chronic otitis media, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, traumatic perforation, bleeding or redness of the tympanic membrane, (7) severe systemic illness with a short life expectancy such as malignant tumors, (8) pregnancy or lactation, (9) diagnosis as inappropriate for the trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The rate of detection of cochlin-tomoprotein of middle ear lavage in subjects with sudden sensorineural hearing loss | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Otorhinolaryngology