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Neuro-rehabilitation Approach for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Published on: January 25, 2016
Assessment of seasonal pattern of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a retrospective cross-sectional study
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Galilee Medical Center affiliated with Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Background:
A seasonal trend of patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss may direct research into possible aetiology.
Methods:
This study reviewed data from the medical records of patients who presented from 2004 to 2019 and who were diagnosed with new-onset idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Seasonal pattern was assessed using chi-square and Rayleigh tests, and further confirmed by Monte Carlo simulation.
Results:
The study included 740 patients with a mean age of 48.3 years and a median age of 49 years. There was no statistical evidence for a difference in the distribution of sensorineural hearing loss cases for the four seasons of each year or with the cumulative data. New-onset idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss cases averaged around 11 per month; there was no statistical evidence for a seasonal difference, as determined either by the Rayleigh test or with Monte Carlo simulation.
Conclusion:
There was no evidence to support the claim that idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss incidence displays a seasonal pattern. More research is necessary to explore potential external factors such as climate or infection.
