The present study aims to obtain a probability model allowing the prediction of the auditory recovery in patients affected by sudden sensorineural hearing loss treated exclusively with intratympanic steroids. A monocentric retrospective chart review of three-hundred eighty-one patients has been performed. A Probit model was used to investigate the correlation between the success of the treatment (marked or total recovery according to Furuashi's criteria), and the delay between the onset of disease and the beginning of therapy. The age of the patients and the audiometric curve shapes were included in the analysis. Results show that delay is negatively correlated with the variable success. Considering the entire sample, each day of delay decreases by 3% the probability of success. The prediction model shows that for every day that passes from the onset of the disease the probability of success declines in absence of the medical treatment, hence we conclude that early treatment is strongly recommended.

Prediction of hearing recovery in sudden deafness treated with intratympanic steroids / Attanasio, G.; Russo, FRANCESCA YOSHIE; Di Porto, E.; Cagnoni, L.; Masci, E.; Ralli, M.; Greco, A.; De Vincentiis, M.. - In: ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA. - ISSN 0392-100X. - STAMPA. - 38:5(2018), pp. 453-459. [10.14639/0392-100X-1614]

Prediction of hearing recovery in sudden deafness treated with intratympanic steroids

G. Attanasio
Primo
;
Francesca Yoshie Russo
Secondo
;
L. Cagnoni;E. Masci;M. Ralli;A. Greco
Penultimo
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M. De Vincentiis
Ultimo
2018

Abstract

The present study aims to obtain a probability model allowing the prediction of the auditory recovery in patients affected by sudden sensorineural hearing loss treated exclusively with intratympanic steroids. A monocentric retrospective chart review of three-hundred eighty-one patients has been performed. A Probit model was used to investigate the correlation between the success of the treatment (marked or total recovery according to Furuashi's criteria), and the delay between the onset of disease and the beginning of therapy. The age of the patients and the audiometric curve shapes were included in the analysis. Results show that delay is negatively correlated with the variable success. Considering the entire sample, each day of delay decreases by 3% the probability of success. The prediction model shows that for every day that passes from the onset of the disease the probability of success declines in absence of the medical treatment, hence we conclude that early treatment is strongly recommended.
2018
hearing loss; sensorineural; prognosis; recovery; audiometry; steroids
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Prediction of hearing recovery in sudden deafness treated with intratympanic steroids / Attanasio, G.; Russo, FRANCESCA YOSHIE; Di Porto, E.; Cagnoni, L.; Masci, E.; Ralli, M.; Greco, A.; De Vincentiis, M.. - In: ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA. - ISSN 0392-100X. - STAMPA. - 38:5(2018), pp. 453-459. [10.14639/0392-100X-1614]
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