Abstract:Background. Sudden deafness is an emergency in the Ear Nose Throat Department, a subset of sensorineural hearing loss within a 72-hour window period and consists of a decrease in hearing of 30 decibels affecting at least three consecutive frequencies. The therapy given is corticosteroids, systemic corticosteroids or intratympanic corticosteroids injection, or both. The prognosis of sudden deafness depends on several factors. Patient with sudden hearing loss does not always have the same result in hearing impro… Show more
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