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    Diagnostics and therapy of sudden hearing loss

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    This article reviews recent aspects of diagnostics, differential diagnostics, and evidence in systemic and local therapy of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL). Since a number of disorders can be accompanied by sudden hearing loss, a meaningful and targeted diagnostic strategy is of utmost importance. An important differential diagnosis of sudden hearing loss are intralabyrinthine schwannomas (ILS). The incidence of ILS is probably significantly underestimated. This may be due to the lack of awareness or lack of explicit search for an intralabyrinthine tumor on MRI or an inappropriate MRI technique for the evaluation of sudden hearing loss ("head MRI" instead of "temporal bone MRI" with too high slice thicknesses). Therefore, the request to the radiologist should specifically include the question for (or exclusion of) an ILS. With special MRI techniques, it is possibly today to visualize an endolymphatic hydrops. The evidence in the therapy of ISSHL is - with respect to the quality and not quantity of studies - unsatisfying. The value of systemically (low dose) or intratympanically applied corticosteroids in the primary treatment of ISSHL is still unclear. In order to investigate the efficacy and safety of high dose corticosteroids as primary therapy for ISSHL, a national, multicenter, three-armed, randomized, triple-blind controlled clinical trial is currently performed in Germany (http://hodokort-studie.hno.org/). After insufficient recovery of the threshold with systemic therapy of ISSHL, intratympanic corticosteroid therapy appears to be associated with a significantly higher chance of an improved hearing threshold than no therapy or placebo. Both, hearing gain and final hearing threshold, however, appear to be independent from the onset of secondary therapy. Based on currently available data from clinical studies, no recommendation can be made with respect to the type of corticosteroid and specifics of the intratympanic application protocol

    Die Bedeutung des LRINEC scores als Indikator für nekrotisierende Fasciitis im Halsbereich

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    Prävalenz und Differentialdiagnostik von Hörstörungen bei Erwachsenen mit Morbus Pompe

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    Einfluss der Spannungsverteilung in der Cochlea auf das Sprachverstehen: Analyse der MedEl Spannungsmatrix

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    Transimpedanzen im Zeitverlauf bei PatientInnen nach subtotaler Cochleoektomie

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    Klang eines Cochlea-Implantats in Abhängigkeit der Hörerfahrung: erste Hörbeispiele

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