Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Behcet's Disease

Abstract

Five Patients with Behcet's disease who suffered from sensorineural hearing loss were followed by measuring the audiologic examinations. Their hearing thresholds became worse with/without fluctuation during the followup-period from six months to four years and eight months. After the detailed audiologic examinations, the inner ear lesion was mostly suspected in each case. Tinnitus or high tone hearing loss was observed in four cases as an initial ear symptome, and in some cases hearing loss was appeared suddenly like as the sudden deafness. Contralateral side was also involved in their clinical course in four cases. Corticosteroid therapy was effective in the acute attack of hearing loss.