"Hearing Loss, Sudden" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sensorineural hearing loss which develops suddenly over a period of hours or a few days. It varies in severity from mild to total deafness. Sudden deafness can be due to head trauma, vascular diseases, infections, or can appear without obvious cause or warning.
| Descriptor ID |
D003639
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C09.218.458.341.900 C10.597.751.418.341.900 C23.888.592.763.393.341.900
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hearing Loss, Sudden" by people in Profiles.
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A case of sudden hearing loss in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Ann Hematol. 2023 Dec; 102(12):3427-3430.
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Audiology in the sudden hearing loss clinical trial. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Aug; 33(6):907-11.
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Effectiveness of intratympanic dexamethasone injection in sudden deafness patients as salvage treatment. Laryngoscope. 2005 Feb; 115(2):378; author reply 378-9.
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Victor Goodhill, MD, and perilymph fistula: reflecting on the man and the controversy. Laryngoscope. 1997 May; 107(5):580-4.
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Sudden-onset deafness. Serodiagnosis of recent meningococcal infection. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1989 Nov; 28(11):529-32.