Clinical characteristics and prognosis of elderly patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to explore clinical characteristics and prognosis of elderly cases with sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Methods: Fifty-five elderly cases with sudden sensorineural hearing loss and 55 younger cases with sudden sensorineural hearing loss were enrolled in the study. Recovery rates of hearing between elderly group and younger group were compared. In elderly group, the recovery rate of hearing in the patients with normal hearing of the contralateral ear was compared to those with hearing loss of the contralateral ear.

Results: The overall recovery rate in the elderly group was 50.9%, significantly lower than 74.5% in the younger group (p?p?Conclusion: Elderly cases with sudden sensorineural hearing loss had poor prognosis. Prognosis of elderly cases with sudden sensorineural hearing loss was associated with hearing of the contralateral ear and treatment onset.