[Is there a time limit for the treatment of sudden hearing loss?]

Improvement of hearing after-acute hearing loss, is more possible during the first days after its onset and the explanation remains unclear. When recovery of hearing happens many weeks later, this could be considered as a rare situation. During the last 8 years, we had 11 cases in which there was recovery of hearing within 4-26 weeks. In one case hearing recovery happened spontaneously and in the other cases after the application of a therapy schedule. In this paper, we present the audiological findings and we discuss the possible pathogenetic mechanism of this entity. Additionally, we stress the significance of that knowledge, in cases of medicolegal problems.