Intratympanic Methylprednisolone as Rescue Therapy in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss |
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| Authors: | Igor Teixeira Raymundo Fayez Bahmad Jairo Barros Filho Thaís Gonçalves Pinheiro Nilda Agostinho Maia Carlos Augusto Oliveira |
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| Institution: | 1. Medical resident of the Medical Residency Program in Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Brasilia University Hospital (Hospital Universitário de Brasília - HUB), University of Brasilia (UnB);2. Doctoral degree in the Medical Science Program, UnB Medical School. Medical teacher in the Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Program, HUB, UnB;3. Medical resident of the Programa de Residência Médica do Hospital Universitário de Brasília - HUB-UnB;4. Medical resident of the Programa de Residência Médica em Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço do Hospital Universitário de Brasília - HUB-UnB;5. Speech therapist specialized in audiology. Head of the Speech Therapy Department, HUB, UnB Medical School;6. Post-Doctoral degree at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, EUA. Head of the Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Department, HUB, UnB. Full professor of the Otorhinolaryngology Discipline, UnB Medical School |
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| Abstract: | Treatment in sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a contentious issue, today, oral steroids are the most common choice and considered the best treatment option, but the use of intratympanic steroids has become an attractive alternative, especially in cases when systemic therapy fails, or to avoid the side effects of the systemic use of steroids.AimTo describe the results of intratympanic methylprednisolone in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss after failure of oral prednisolone.MethodsIn a prospective study fourteen patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss were treated with intratympanic methylprednisolone after failing in the treatment with systemic steroids. Pretreatment and post-treatment audiometric evaluations including pure tone average (PTA) and speech reception thresholds (SRT) were analyzed.ResultsTen from 14 patients treated with intra-tympanic methylprednisolone presented with hearing recovery > 20 dB in PTA or 20% in SRT.ConclusionThree intratympanic injections of methylprednisolone improved pure-tone average or speech discrimination scores for a subset of sudden hearing loss subjects that failed to benefit from oral steroids. |
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| Keywords: | hearing loss sudden hearing loss |
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