{"title":"Effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen on sudden sensorineural hearing loss: prospective clinical research.","authors":"Kadir Dundar, Tuna Gumus, Hakan Ay, Sertac Yetiser, Eylem Ertugrul","doi":"10.2310/7070.2006.0061","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The role of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is still controversial. In this study, 80 patients were treated for SSNHL. Fifty-five patients who received HBO and medical treatment and 25 patients who received medical treatment only were studied. There was a statistically significant difference between the HBO and medical treatment group and the medical treatment group for hearing gain and the degree of hearing loss after treatment (p<.05). In the HBO and medical treatment group, patients with tinnitus showed the highest hearing improvement. The patients who had tinnitus had a statistically significant difference for hearing gain in the HBO and medical treatment group (p<.05) but not in the medical treatment group (p>.05). In the HBO and medical treatment group, average hearing gain on each audiometric frequency was better than in the medical treatment group (p<.05).</p>","PeriodicalId":76656,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of otolaryngology","volume":"36 1","pages":"32-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2310/7070.2006.0061","citationCount":"30","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of otolaryngology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2310/7070.2006.0061","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The role of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is still controversial. In this study, 80 patients were treated for SSNHL. Fifty-five patients who received HBO and medical treatment and 25 patients who received medical treatment only were studied. There was a statistically significant difference between the HBO and medical treatment group and the medical treatment group for hearing gain and the degree of hearing loss after treatment (p<.05). In the HBO and medical treatment group, patients with tinnitus showed the highest hearing improvement. The patients who had tinnitus had a statistically significant difference for hearing gain in the HBO and medical treatment group (p<.05) but not in the medical treatment group (p>.05). In the HBO and medical treatment group, average hearing gain on each audiometric frequency was better than in the medical treatment group (p<.05).