"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,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hearing Loss, Sudden" by people in Profiles.
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Early identification of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Nurse Pract. 2017 Sep 21; 42(9):10-16.
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Steroids for treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Laryngoscope. 2015 Jan; 125(1):209-17.
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Treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss with systemic steroids and valacyclovir. Otol Neurotol. 2002 May; 23(3):301-8.