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The immune system in hearing disorders
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Acta Oto-Laryngologica. Supplementum
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Cellular and humoral immune reactions may play a role in the ethiopathogenesis of audiovestibular dysfunction. Immune-mediated inner ear disorders can be of cochlear and retrocochlear origin. Autoimmunity plays a certain role, but is certainly not obligatory. Anti-inflammatory treatment remains the mainstay of therapy. Such hearing disorders can further be looked upon as 'experiments of nature'.