Diagnosis and treatment of fluctuant hearing loss.
Fluctuant hearing loss, a very real and common cause of sensorineural hearing loss, is probably due to cochlear hydrops resulting from an anatomically inadequate endolymphatic sac, poor circulation, and one or more metabolic disorders. In the early stages at least, it often responds to treatment.
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