Purpose: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has similarities to conditions with vascular etiologies such as myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke. Thus, it could be considered as an early sign of a vascular disease and not only a specific local condition. Chronic hypoperfusion in the brain districts leads to a chronic ischemic damage, called cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), detectable with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: The authors used CSVD to establish the presence of vascular risk factors in individuals with SSNHL and used the Fazekas score scale to classify them. Results: Our study showed that individuals with SSNHL aged between 48 and 60 years have 26% more probability to have a Fazekas score higher than 1 compared to the general population. Individuals younger than 28 years showed a statistically significant negative correlation to have a Fazekas score higher than 0. The higher is the Fazekas score, the less is the probability of hearing recovery. The medium hearing-recovery probability is 46%. This decreases by 16% for every increase of score in the Fazekas scale. In the present study, the recovery probability decreased from 80% in individuals younger than 48 years with a score of 0 to 14% in individuals with a Fazekas scores of 3 and 4. Conclusions: The authors assessed a higher prevalence of CSVD compared to the general population in patients aged between 48 and 60 years with SSNHL. Moreover, they assessed that the presence of CSVD is related to a decreased probability of recovery, as it has already been demonstrated for stroke.

Is there a relation between sudden sensorineural hearing loss and white matter lesions? / Fusconi, M.; Attanasio, G.; Capitani, F.; Di Porto, E.; Diacinti, D.; Musy, I.; Ralli, M.; Ralli, G.; Greco, A.; de Vincentiis, M.; Colonnese, C.. - In: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY. - ISSN 0937-4477. - 276:11(2019), pp. 3043-3049. [10.1007/s00405-019-05593-4]

Is there a relation between sudden sensorineural hearing loss and white matter lesions?

Fusconi M.
Primo
;
Attanasio G.
Secondo
;
Capitani F.
;
Di Porto E.;Diacinti D.;Musy I.;Ralli M.;Ralli G.;Greco A.;de Vincentiis M.
Penultimo
;
Colonnese C.
Ultimo
2019

Abstract

Purpose: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has similarities to conditions with vascular etiologies such as myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke. Thus, it could be considered as an early sign of a vascular disease and not only a specific local condition. Chronic hypoperfusion in the brain districts leads to a chronic ischemic damage, called cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), detectable with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: The authors used CSVD to establish the presence of vascular risk factors in individuals with SSNHL and used the Fazekas score scale to classify them. Results: Our study showed that individuals with SSNHL aged between 48 and 60 years have 26% more probability to have a Fazekas score higher than 1 compared to the general population. Individuals younger than 28 years showed a statistically significant negative correlation to have a Fazekas score higher than 0. The higher is the Fazekas score, the less is the probability of hearing recovery. The medium hearing-recovery probability is 46%. This decreases by 16% for every increase of score in the Fazekas scale. In the present study, the recovery probability decreased from 80% in individuals younger than 48 years with a score of 0 to 14% in individuals with a Fazekas scores of 3 and 4. Conclusions: The authors assessed a higher prevalence of CSVD compared to the general population in patients aged between 48 and 60 years with SSNHL. Moreover, they assessed that the presence of CSVD is related to a decreased probability of recovery, as it has already been demonstrated for stroke.
2019
Brain MRI; Cerebral gliosis; Recover probability; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Vascular risk factors; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Brain; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases; Cochlear Diseases; Female; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural; Hearing Loss, Sudden; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; White Matter; Young Adult; Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Is there a relation between sudden sensorineural hearing loss and white matter lesions? / Fusconi, M.; Attanasio, G.; Capitani, F.; Di Porto, E.; Diacinti, D.; Musy, I.; Ralli, M.; Ralli, G.; Greco, A.; de Vincentiis, M.; Colonnese, C.. - In: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY. - ISSN 0937-4477. - 276:11(2019), pp. 3043-3049. [10.1007/s00405-019-05593-4]
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