Journal Reviews

Should intratympanic steroids be the first line treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss?

1 July 2017 | | Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss, intratympanic steroid treatment, meta-analysis, transtympanic steroid treatment

This article looked at whether intratympanic steroids (ITS) provide more benefits over systemic steroid therapy (SST) as initial therapy in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL). This meta-analysis study, based on published RCTs, concluded that ITS treatment exhibited...

Recovery rates in sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 May 2016 | | Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss, anemia, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is most commonly idiopathic, and is seen relatively frequently in ENT practice. Recovery spans a period of around 1-2 months, and ultimate outcomes are highly variable, from complete recovery to no detectable hearing. Although the...

Leptin has no role in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 May 2015 | | Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss, etiology, pathophysiology, leptin

This paper from Turkey claims to be the first study dealing with the relationship between leptin and idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL). I remember leptin being a fashionable topic in obesity research, when leptin deficiency was thought to be...