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Sudden Hearing Loss

Research conducted at University of Cologne has updated our knowledge about sudden hearing loss

Published in Blood Weekly, November 6th, 2008

"Cause and underlying pathogenic mechanisms of idiopathic Sudden hearing loss (ISHL) are not fully understood, resulting in the widespread use of different polypragmatic treatment approaches, which have not been finally validated in randomized controlled trials. Quality of life (QoL) can provide helpflul additional information when selecting the most appropriate therapy within current options," investigators in Cologne, Germany report.

"In a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical study, Rheopheresis-a method of therapeutic apheresis-was compared with a standard therapy consisting of either intravenous corticosteroids or hemodilution using pure-tone...

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