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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 140-142 |
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Transtympanic dexamethasone - sudden sensorineural hearing loss
K.V.S Kumar Chowdary
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, NRI Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinnakakani, Mangalagiri, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
K.V.S Kumar Chowdary
Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, NRI Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinnakakani, Mangalagiri, Guntur (Dist) - 52, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-7749.136875
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Transtympanic (medical) therapy is an attractive and convenient technique gaining acceptance all over the world, where the drug is placed in the middle ear with the intention of treating inner ear diseases like hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus. We report a case of sudden hearing loss managed with transtympanic injection of dexamethasone improving the hearing loss and tinnitus almost completely. |
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