PMID: 16639910Apr 28, 2006Paper

Prognosis for sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a retrospective study using logistical regression analysis

The International Tinnitus Journal
Hirofumi Harada, Toshihiko Kato

Abstract

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remains a controversial problem with respect to etiology and the factors that might predict prognosis. We used logistical regression analysis to determine which factors are most strongly related to outcome for patients with SSNHL. In so doing, we employed a retrospective chart-review study. The study group consisted of 296 patients (296 ears). The outcome of SSNHL was cured (full recovery) in 64, recovered (partial recovery) in 175, and no change in 57. We performed separate analyses on those in the no-change and partial-recovery groups and on those in the no-change and full-recovery groups. The following factors were studied as explanatory variables: age; number of days until presentation; vestibular symptom; initial mean hearing level at 0.25 kHz, 0.5 kHz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, and 4 kHz; and treatments (steroids, satellite ganglion block). In the first analysis, for patients in the no-change and recovered groups, the factors most strongly related to outcome were the number of days until presentation and age. The second analysis, for the nochange and cured groups, revealed that the number of days until presentation, vestibular symptom, age, and initial mean hearing level were most strongly re...Continue Reading

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