Comparison between Bilateral and Unilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss  

作　　者：Dan Bing Da-Yong Wang Lan Lan Li-Dong Zhao Zi-Fang Yin Lan Yu Guo-Hui Chen Jing Guan Qiu-Ju Wang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing t00853, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2018年第3期307-315,共9页中华医学杂志（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 81530032 and No. 81500794）, the National Key Basic Research Program of China （No. 2014CB943001）, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation （2017M613326）, and the New Researcher Foundation of the PLA General Hospital （No. 14KMZ04）.

摘　　要：Background：Bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss （BSSHL） is rare and assumed to be a different clinical entity compared to unilateral SSHL （USSHL）.This study examined the differences between the idiopathic BSSHL and USSHL.Methods：Forty-six sequential BSSHL patients （Se-BSSHL） and 68 simultaneous BSSHL （Si-BSSHL） were consecutively admitted between June 2008 and December 2015.Two sets of patients served as control groups：（1） USSHL patients with healthy contralateral ear and （2） USSHL patients with contralateral preexisting hearing loss （USSHLwCHL）.We retrospectively analyzed differences among four cohorts using analysis of variance,Kruskal-Wallis test,Welch＇s t-test,and Chi-square test as appropriate before and after propensity score matching （PSM） based on age,gender,and body mass index （BMI）.Results：The prevalence of idiopathic BSSHL was 8.6% （114/1329） among the total SSHL patients.In the total cohort,USSHL patients tended to be younger,female,and tended to have lower BMI,renal parameters,and total cholesterol in addition to higher high-density lipoprotein compared to the other three groups.Most routine blood indicators,some coagulation markers,and immunoglobulin M （H =13.4,P =0.004） were significantly different among the study groups.After PSM,the major significant differences were found in audiometric characteristics.Si-BSSHL and Se-BSSHL patients demonstrated similar hearing thresholds as USSHL but were significantly better than the USSHLwCHL patients across most frequencies before and after treatment （H =30.0,P 〈 0.001 for initial hearing and H =12.0,P =0.007 for final hearing）.Moreover,the BSSHL patients showed different hearing loss distribution patterns （more descending type,x2 =33.8,P =0.001） with less hearing gain （H =17.5,P 〈 0.001） compared to the USSHL patients.Conclusions：Idiopathic BSSHL is a relatively rare subtype of SSHL with a higher rate of descending audiogram type and inferior hearing outcome rather than being claBackground：Bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss （BSSHL） is rare and assumed to be a different clinical entity compared to unilateral SSHL （USSHL）.This study examined the differences between the idiopathic BSSHL and USSHL.Methods：Forty-six sequential BSSHL patients （Se-BSSHL） and 68 simultaneous BSSHL （Si-BSSHL） were consecutively admitted between June 2008 and December 2015.Two sets of patients served as control groups：（1） USSHL patients with healthy contralateral ear and （2） USSHL patients with contralateral preexisting hearing loss （USSHLwCHL）.We retrospectively analyzed differences among four cohorts using analysis of variance,Kruskal-Wallis test,Welch＇s t-test,and Chi-square test as appropriate before and after propensity score matching （PSM） based on age,gender,and body mass index （BMI）.Results：The prevalence of idiopathic BSSHL was 8.6% （114/1329） among the total SSHL patients.In the total cohort,USSHL patients tended to be younger,female,and tended to have lower BMI,renal parameters,and total cholesterol in addition to higher high-density lipoprotein compared to the other three groups.Most routine blood indicators,some coagulation markers,and immunoglobulin M （H =13.4,P =0.004） were significantly different among the study groups.After PSM,the major significant differences were found in audiometric characteristics.Si-BSSHL and Se-BSSHL patients demonstrated similar hearing thresholds as USSHL but were significantly better than the USSHLwCHL patients across most frequencies before and after treatment （H =30.0,P 〈 0.001 for initial hearing and H =12.0,P =0.007 for final hearing）.Moreover,the BSSHL patients showed different hearing loss distribution patterns （more descending type,x2 =33.8,P =0.001） with less hearing gain （H =17.5,P 〈 0.001） compared to the USSHL patients.Conclusions：Idiopathic BSSHL is a relatively rare subtype of SSHL with a higher rate of descending audiogram type and inferior hearing outcome rather than being cla

关 键 词：Bilateral Hearing Loss Propensity Score Sudden Hearing Loss Unilateral Hearing Loss 

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