Management of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Experience in newly developing Qatar

International Tinnitus Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-169

  Salahaldin, Ahmed Harith ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a   ElHakeem, Amr A M ^a   Abdulhadi, Khaled ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Sensorineural hearing loss; Sudden hearing loss; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BETAHISTINE; HISTAMINE DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RISK FACTOR;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BETAHISTINE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22544477562     PISSN: 09465448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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