Combined intratympanic and systemic use of steroids for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-397

  Arslan, Necmi ^a   Oǧuz, Haldun ^a,b   Demirci, Münir ^a   Şafak, Mustafa Asm ^a   Islam, Ahmet ^a   Kaytez, Selda Kargn ^a   Samim, Erdal ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Egitim Ve Arastirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Intratympanic; Sensorineural hearing loss; Steroid; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 79953122513     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318206fdfa     Document Type: Article

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