Update on Findings about Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Insight into Its Pathogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is routinely encountered and is one of the most common emergent diseases in otolaryngology clinics. However, the etiology of SSNHL remains unclear. Due to the inaccessibility of the living human inner ear for biopsy, studies investigating the etiology of SSNHL have been performed by analyzing data obtained from examinations using peripheral blood or imaging. We updated the findings obtained from serological, magnetic resonance imaging, genetic, and viral examinations to reveal the etiology of SSNHL. Regarding viral examination, we focused on sensorineural hearing loss associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) because the number of correlated reports has been increasing after the outbreak. The updated findings revealed the following three possi

SUBMITTER: Yamada S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9653771 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature