High-pressure Oxygen Therapy May Offer Effective Treatment for Sudden Hearing Loss

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may offer effective treatment for patients suffering from hearing loss. This high-pressure oxygen therapy may be beneficial in treating sudden deafness, also known as a sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL).

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be beneficial in treating sudden hearing loss, reports a new study.

The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (where patients receive pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber) to standard medical treatment was associated with an improved likelihood that patients who experience sudden deafness might recover all or some of their lost hearing.

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may offer effective treatment for patients suffering from sudden hearing loss.

Sudden deafness, also known as a sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), is a hearing loss that happens within a few days and often has no identifiable cause.

This study combined the results of 19 studies, including three randomized clinical trials, and suggests a greater benefit of adding the hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be associated with those patients who have severe to profound hearing loss and who failed to recover after standard medical treatment.

A limitation of this study is that because a substantial number of patients with SSNHL will spontaneously recover, the benefits of treatment may not have been accurately evaluated.

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Source-Eurekalert

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