Observation of Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture plus Massage Therapy Combined with Western Medicines on Patients with Sudden Deaf-ness / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective] To explore therapeutic effect of acupuncture plus massage therapy combined with western medicines on patients with sudden deafness. [Methods]60 patients of sudden deafness were divided into two groups, who received treatment between June, 2005 and August, 2014. One is control group(30 cases), which is only treated with western medicines. The other is treatment group(30 cases), which is treated with acupuncture plus massage therapy combined with western medicines. Based on the treatment of the contrast group, the treated group is given three seven-day courses of acupuncture and manipulation every day and its clinical effect is evaluated. [Results]In treatment group of 30 patients, 5 cases got recovered, 12 cases were significantly effective, 9 cases effective and 4 cases inefficient. And the total effective rate was 86.6%. When coming to control group, the data were 1, 8, 10, 11 respectively, and the total effective rate was 63.3%. The total response was better in the treatment groups than in the control group. [Conclusion]Both acupuncture plus massage therapy treatment and pure western medicines treatment are effective for sudden deafness and they both improve the patients' hearing. But the former is superior to the latter.