Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Role of N–acetylcysteine in hearing outcome of patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Our experience

Dr. Tripti Maithani, Dr. Apoorva Pandey, Dr. V. P. Singh, Dr. Chetan Bansal

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<p> We conducted a case control study of 31 adult patientsto see the effect of N–acetyl cysteine (NAC) in treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural heå loss (SSNHL). Patients were divided into two treatment groups. The first group (group I) patients were treated primarily with corticosteroid in oral form; the second group (group II) patients were treated with a combination of oral corticosteroid and oral NAC. The overall heå improvement was 35.7% in group I, whereas 64.7% in group II. Among patients with initial heå loss of more than 90 db, group I showed no significant improvement in heå, whereas in group II out of 8 patients 4 patients had > 15 dB improvement in heå. This suggests that a combination of corticosteroid + NAC can improve the treatment outcome in patients of SSNHL with profound heå loss.</p>

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Dr. TriptiMaithani, Dr. Apoorva Pandey, Dr. V.P.Singh, Dr.Chetan Bansal Role of N-Acetylcysteine in Hearing Outcome of Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Our Experience International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 7 July 2015

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