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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
New data from Taipei Medical University illuminate research in sensorineural hearing loss
November 18th, 2008
"No previous study has investigated the incidence or risk of cerebrovascular diseases developing after the sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). This study sets out to estimate the risk of stroke development among SSNHL patients during a 5e-year follow-up period after hospitalization for acute episodes of SSNHL," scientists writing in the journal Stroke report. "Our study design features a study cohort and a comparison cohort. The study cohort consists of all patients hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of sudden hearing loss (n = 1,423), whereas the control cohort comprised all patients hospitalized for an appendectomy in 1998 (n = 5692) as a surrogate...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-18)
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