Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Failure from Oral and Intratympanic Corticosteroid.
- Author:
Thanarath IMSUWANSRI
1
;
Pipat POONSAP
;
Kornkiat SNIDVONGS
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Burapha University Faculty of Medicine, Chon Buri, Thailand. drthanarath@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy;
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss;
Corticosteroid
- MeSH:
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural;
Humans;
Hyperbaric Oxygenation;
Steroids
- From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
2012;5(Suppl 1):S99-S102
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Systemic and intratympanic steroids are most widely used for treating idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Other treatments include vasodilator, immunosuppressant and antiviral medication. However, only 61% of patients achieve full recovery, and controversies about the standard treatment still exist. In this case report, we present a patient with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss who failed to respond to systemic and intratympanic steroid treatments but subsequently recovered after undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
