An evaluation of the therapeutics for sudden deafness

Abstract

Concering the pathological mechanism of sudden deafness, various etiologies have been discussed. Sudden deafness may be a kind of syndrome which contains various pathological conditions. Many therapeutic methods have been proposed and their validities have been statistically examined by numerous researchers. According to these studies many cases of sudden deafness were managed as a disease with the same pathological conditions. In this paper I pointed out the pitfalls in the evaluations of the various therapeutic methods examined in the manner mentioned above. In addition, a statistical analysis may also be meaningless in evaluating such therapeutics.