Open AccessThe Immediate Effects of Pulse Steroid versus Common Steroid therapy in Patients with SSNHL
Author(s) -
Mohammad Hossein Baradaranfar,
Amrollah Dehghani,
Vahid Zand,
Sedighe Vaziribozorg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chinese journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8053
pISSN - 2618-091X
DOI - 10.37515/cjmr.091x.3403
Subject(s) - medicine , prednisolone , steroid , pulse (music) , significant difference , anesthesia , hormone , detector , electrical engineering , engineering
In this study we aimed to review immediate effects of pulse steroid therapy versus common steroid therapy in patients with idiopathic Sudden Sensory- Neural Hearing Loss. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial study 50 patients with SSNHL in less than 24 hours before referral were involved. The causes of hearing loss should be rejected and if the cause was identified, the patient would be excluded. Pulse therapy group received Methyl Prednisolone 10 mg /kg for three days and then continued by prednisolone 1 mg /kg for ten days and common therapy group received prednisolone 1 mg /kg for ten days. Average hearing threshold of the patients in frequencies of 500, 1000, and 2000 Htz, average SDS of patients and patient recovery was compared between two groups based on hearing tests and guidelines. Results: Fifty patients with average of 46 ±15.69 years were studied. There was no significant difference in average of hearing threshold in different frequencies and SDS between two groups. Mean hearing recovery was 10.69 db in common steroid group and it was 13.51 db in pulse steroid group. Although the mean of hearing recovery was higher in the pulse steroid group compare the common steroid group, there was no significant difference in hearing recovery after the treatment between two groups. Conclusion: According to the results pulse steroid is not preferable rather than common steroid therapy in terms of immediate therapeutic effects on SSNHL.