OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of intratympanic @entity1667 injections for treating sudden @entity1274 . METHOD: A retrospective chart review was performed to identify @entity1 suffering from sudden @entity1274 with no recovery after oral @entity230 . @entity1 were given up to three intratympanic @entity1667 injections at one-week intervals. They were classified according to their functional hearing class, remission was monitored and potential factors affecting prognosis were analysed. RESULTS: Intratympanic injections provide effective salvage therapy for sudden @entity1274 (p  =  0.039). Changes in pure tone average and speech discrimination score were analysed following intratympanic @entity1667 injections. The pure tone average reached a plateau after the second injection; however, the speech discrimination score improved until after the third injection. Hearing improvement after intratympanic injections mainly occurred at low frequencies. The interval between symptoms appearing and intratympanic injections starting was not significantly associated with remission (p  =  0.680). CONCLUSION: A delay between symptom onset and the first intratympanic @entity1667 injection does not seem to affect prognosis.

Intratympanic steroid injection as a salvage treatment for sudden XXXX .

@entity1667 :: ('MESH:D008775', 'Chemical') :: ['methylprednisolone'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity1274 :: ('MESH:D006319', 'Disease') :: ['sensorineural hearing loss'] @entity230 :: ('MESH:D013256', 'Chemical') :: ['steroids']
@entity1274 :: (MESH:D006319,Disease) :: ['sensorineural hearing loss']
