Treatment of Long-term Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss as an Otologic Migraine Phenomenon. 2021

Khodayar Goshtasbi, and Janice T Chua, and Adwight Risbud, and Brooke Sarna, and Shahrnaz Jamshidi, and Mehdi Abouzari, and Hamid R Djalilian
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

To describe a cohort of patients presenting with long-term sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) treated with prophylactic migraine and intratympanic steroid therapy. Patients presenting to a neurotology clinic at least 6 weeks from SSNHL onset were included. All patients received migraine prophylactic medication (nortriptyline, topiramate, and/or verapamil) and lifestyle changes for at least 6 weeks, as well as intratympanic steroid injections, if appropriate. Twenty-one patients (43% female) with a mean age of 64 ± 11 years who presented 9 ± 8 months (median = 5) from symptom onset were included. Posttreatment hearing thresholds were significantly improved compared with pretreatment thresholds at 500 Hz (49 ± 19 dB versus 55 ± 20 dB, p = 0.01), 1000 Hz (52 ± 19 dB versus 57 ± 21 dB, p = 0.03), low-frequency pure-tone average (53 ± 15 dB versus 57 ± 17 dB, p = 0.01), and speech-frequency pure-tone average (57 ± 13 dB versus 60 ± 15 dB, p = 0.02). Posttreatment word-recognition-score (WRS) and speech-recognition-threshold (SRT) were also significantly improved (45 ± 28% versus 70 ± 28% and 57 ± 18 dB versus 50 ± 16 dB, respectively, both p < 0.01). Notably, ≥15% improvement in WRS and ≥10 dB improvement in SRT was observed in 13 (68%) and 8 (40%) patients, respectively. Of the 11 patients who presented with initial < 50% WRS, 8 (73%) had improved posttreatment >50% WRS with an average improvement of 39 ± 9%. Migraine medications in addition to intratympanic steroid injections significantly improved SRT and hearing frequencies in 40% and 29% of SSNHL patients, respectively, while significant WRS recovery was observed in most (68%) patients. This suggests SSNHL may be an otologic migraine phenomenon, which may be at least partially reversible even after the traditional 30-day postonset window.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008881 Migraine Disorders A class of disabling primary headache disorders, characterized by recurrent unilateral pulsatile headaches. The two major subtypes are common migraine (without aura) and classic migraine (with aura or neurological symptoms). (International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd ed. Cephalalgia 2004: suppl 1) Acute Confusional Migraine,Headache, Migraine,Status Migrainosus,Abdominal Migraine,Cervical Migraine Syndrome,Hemicrania Migraine,Migraine,Migraine Headache,Migraine Variant,Sick Headache,Abdominal Migraines,Acute Confusional Migraines,Cervical Migraine Syndromes,Disorder, Migraine,Disorders, Migraine,Headache, Sick,Headaches, Migraine,Headaches, Sick,Hemicrania Migraines,Migraine Disorder,Migraine Headaches,Migraine Syndrome, Cervical,Migraine Syndromes, Cervical,Migraine Variants,Migraine, Abdominal,Migraine, Acute Confusional,Migraine, Hemicrania,Migraines,Migraines, Abdominal,Migraines, Acute Confusional,Migraines, Hemicrania,Sick Headaches,Variant, Migraine,Variants, Migraine
D003639 Hearing Loss, Sudden Sensorineural hearing loss which develops suddenly over a period of hours or a few days. It varies in severity from mild to total deafness. Sudden deafness can be due to head trauma, vascular diseases, infections, or can appear without obvious cause or warning. Deafness, Sudden,Sudden Deafness,Sudden Hearing Loss
D003907 Dexamethasone An anti-inflammatory 9-fluoro-glucocorticoid. Hexadecadrol,Decaject,Decaject-L.A.,Decameth,Decaspray,Dexasone,Dexpak,Hexadrol,Maxidex,Methylfluorprednisolone,Millicorten,Oradexon,Decaject L.A.
D005260 Female Females
D005938 Glucocorticoids A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. They also play a role in fat and protein metabolism, maintenance of arterial blood pressure, alteration of the connective tissue response to injury, reduction in the number of circulating lymphocytes, and functioning of the central nervous system. Glucocorticoid,Glucocorticoid Effect,Glucorticoid Effects,Effect, Glucocorticoid,Effects, Glucorticoid
D006319 Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing loss resulting from damage to the COCHLEA and the sensorineural elements which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the AUDITORY NERVE and its connections in the BRAINSTEM. Deafness Neurosensory,Deafness, Neurosensory,Deafness, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafness,Sensorineural Hearing Loss,Sensoryneural Deafness,Cochlear Hearing Loss,Hearing Loss, Cochlear,Deafnesses, Neurosensory,Deafnesses, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafnesses,Sensoryneural Deafness,Sensoryneural Deafnesses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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