Abstract
Seventy patients affected by sudden deafness, whose age ranged between 3.5 and 14 years, were treated between 1989 and 1993; all patients underwent history and physical examination, liminal tonal audiometry, tympanogram and stapedium reflex tests, brain stem auditory evoked potential, otovestibular examination, CT scan, pediatrics, neuropsychiatry and genetics examinations. Fifty-four patients were affected by monolateral SD and 16 by bilateral SD; 44.28% of cases was secondary to mumps. After analyzing the data, we evaluated the effectiveness of pharmacological therapy compared to a control group. Given the high incidence of SD after mumps, we suggest that the only effective treatment is prophylaxis through parotitis vaccination.
| Translated title of the contribution | Sudden deafness in childhood: Etiology and treatment |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 13-19 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Otorinolaringologia Pediatrica |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health