[Transtympanic steroid application in sudden deafness]. / Transtympanalne podawanie steroidów w leczeniu naglej gluchoty.

The paper presents the results of transtympanic steroid therapy for sadden sensorineural hearing loss in 20 patients. All patients previously underwent a full conventional treatment, without the beneficial effect. Patients were classified into two groups: the first one consisted of 16 patients who received intratympanic Dexaven application just after termination of conventional treatment. The second group received intratympanic treatment 1 or more months after the conventional therapy had been finished. The pattern of intratympanic Dexaven application is presented. The results of treatment are promising (hearing improvement in 7 cases) and the method is both minimally invasive and inexpensive.