Sudden Onset Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Management Protocol

Abstract

AIMSTo study the efficacy of transcutaneous nitroglycerin and pulse steroid injection in patients with sudden hearing loss. MATERIAL AND METHODThis was a prospective study conducted in the Department of ENT, KIMS, Bhubaneswar; 31 patients who fit to inclusion criteria included in this study. RESULTSOut of 31 patients of sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss, 18 (58.06%) patients had threshold closer to 30 dB.