突発性難聴の治療成績

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We statistically analyzed 71 patients with sudden deafness between April,1989 and March,1992.
There was no sex difference, and the hearing type on initial examination was most frequently the horizontal type.
The hearing level on initial examination averaged 55.5 dB. The prognosis tended to be good in patients less than 40 years of age, with low t o ne deafness, early treatment, and without complication. On the other hand, the prognosis tended to be poor in elderly patients, with severe deafness delayed treatment, and with complications.
Adrenal corticosteroid hormone and prostaglandin E1 treatments had no significant effects. Also, no difference was observed between outpatients and inpatients or between the patients with and without dizziness.