| Feeling of ear fullness in acute sensorineural hearing loss. | |
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PMID: 16846925 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed two characteristic findings of the feeling of ear fullness (FEF) in acute sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL). First, that the appearance of FEF was not associated with the auditory function on audiograms; and second, that the disappearance of FEF is clearly associated with the hearing prognosis. OBJECTIVE: FEF appears frequently in patients with ASNHL. However, there are few reports on this symptom and its mechanism has yet to be clarified. So we tried to investigate the character of FEF in ASNHL. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study, observations were made during the period from the first medical examination to 2 months after obtaining a steady audiogram on 227 ears from unilateral ASNHL cases, and the relationship between FEF and the audiograms was analyzed. RESULTS: The FEF prevalence at the first medical examination was about 80% for any audiogram shape or hearing threshold. Moreover, the better the hearing prognosis, the higher the improvement rate of FEF. |
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Authors:
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Toshifumi Sakata; Toshihiko Kato |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta oto-laryngologica Volume: 126 ISSN: 0001-6489 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Otolaryngol. Publication Date: 2006 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-07-18 Completed Date: 2007-02-05 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370354 Medline TA: Acta Otolaryngol Country: Norway |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 828-33 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Fukuoka, School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. sakata@fukuoka-u.ac.jp |
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Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Aged Audiometry, Pure-Tone Auditory Threshold / physiology* Child Diagnosis, Differential Disease Progression Ear, Middle* / innervation Female Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / diagnosis*, physiopathology Hearing Loss, Sudden / diagnosis*, physiopathology Hearing Loss, Unilateral / diagnosis*, physiopathology Humans Male Meniere Disease / diagnosis, physiopathology Middle Aged Perilymph / physiology Prognosis Sensation Disorders / diagnosis*, physiopathology Tinnitus / diagnosis, physiopathology Tympanic Membrane Perforation / diagnosis, physiopathology |
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