Bed Rest for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2008-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
sudden sensorineural hearing loss:
- idiopathic in most cases
- 5-20/100,000 new cases annually in the U.S
- no establishes pathogenesis
- treated with oral steroids in most cases
- ~50% improvement in hearing levels
- bed rest - acceptable treatment, not well investigated