If you have a sudden hearing loss, get medical attention as soon aspossible.
The strongest predictor of full hearing recovery of sudden sensorineural hearing loss is treatment with steroids within a week.
The researchers from the National Institute for Health and Care Research UCLH Biomedical Research Centre collaborated with 240 junior doctors and undertook the largest study to date of adults who were seen with sudden hearing loss across 76 hospitals in England and Wales. The team analysed the data from the study and found that patients who received steroids within seven days were five times more likely to fully recover their hearing compared to those who were not given steroids, even after accounting for all other patient and hearing loss factors.
Find out more here:
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/doctors-urged-treat-patients-sudden-hearing-loss-within-seven-days
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