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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Current Role of the Nonsteroid Treatment of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (ISSNHL): A Narrative Review.

Concepción Rodríguez-Izquierdo, Mayte Herrera, Anastasiya Avdiyuk, Daniel Rodríguez-Ocaña, Guillermo Plaza

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Regarding "Blood biomarkers of response to concomitant intratympanic and systemic corticosteroids treatment for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss".European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  3. Blood biomarkers of response to concomitant intratympanic and systemic corticosteroids treatment for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Concepción Rodríguez-IzquierdoOtorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28042 Madrid, Spain.
Mayte HerreraOtorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28042 Madrid, Spain.
Anastasiya AvdiyukOtorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28042 Madrid, Spain.
Daniel Rodríguez-OcañaOtorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28042 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0009-0002-9341-6736
Guillermo PlazaOtorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28042 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6409-4921

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHNL) is an abruptly appearing hearing loss. The etiology remains unclear, although vascular pathologies, viral infections, or autoimmune disease contribute to the understanding of this pathology. Systematic steroids are often used as the first-line treatment because of their anti-inflammatory effect. However, there remains controversy about the use of steroids and other alternative treatments, as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), exploratory tympanotomy, prostaglandin, N-acetylcysteine, or defibrinogenation therapy. In this study, we aim to review the various treatment options currently available for sudden hearing loss, with the objective of advancing our understanding of this condition and clarifying information to guide future clinical practice guidelines.

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exploratory tympanotomyhyperbaric oxygen therapynonsteroid treatmentprostaglandinsudden sensorineural hearing losstreatment

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PMID40283640
PMCPMC12028189

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