Clinical comparison of idiopathic sudden deafness in children and the elderly / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#This retrospective study compared clinical manifestations of idiopathic sudden hearing loss between children and the elderly.@*METHOD@#44 pediatric patients and 76 elderly patients diagnosed with idiopathic sudden deafness in our clinic from December 2009 to September 2014 were enrolled. Different clinical parameters were compared.@*RESULT@#The incidence of initially profound hearing loss was highest and mild hearing loss was lowest in both groups (P 0.05). The number of patients was the most in initially profound type of audiogram pattern and the fewest in ascending type in both groups (P 0.05). The highest recovery rate in children was in those with descending type and the lowest was in those with profound type (P 0.05). Hearing recovery rates of descending type in children were higher than that in elderly patients. Presence of tinnitus in pediatric patients was not relavent to the outcome (P > 0.05). Presence of tinnitus in elderly patients was associated with favorable outcomes. (P 0.05). Presence of dizziness in elderly patients was associated with poor outcomes (P 0.05). Presence of chronic diseases in elderly patients was not associated with the outcome (P > 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#The clinical manifestion of idiopathic sudden deafness is respective in Children and in elderly patients.