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Five cases of steroid dependent sensorineural hearing loss are reported.
These patients consisted of 2 males and 3 females. There were 2 cases of aortitis syndrome in 3 females patients. Three ears of them (5 cases) showed total deafness on their first visit to our clinic. Steroid seemed effective on sensorineural hearing loss except for total deafness. Clinical blood examination revealed an elavation of blood sedimentation rate. The sedimentation rate fluctuated according to the steroid effects for the hearing loss. It is important to determine what kind of steroid is effective and how much dose should be administered to each patient. The blood sedimentation rate was one of the important paramenters to diagnosis and observe effectiveness for the steroid responsive sensorineural hearing loss.
