Oral steroid treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A ten year retrospective analysis

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 728-733

  Chen, Chu Yao ^a   Halpin, Chris ^b,c   Rauch, Steven D ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Steroids; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141677655     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200309000-00006     Document Type: Review

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