Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology  2012;5(Suppl 1):S99-S102

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Failure from Oral and Intratympanic Corticosteroid.

Thanarath IMSUWANSRI 1 ; Pipat POONSAP ; Kornkiat SNIDVONGS

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Keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Corticosteroid

Country

Republic 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.