Sudden deafness: an investigation of hearing loss.
The expression 'profound hearing loss' used in the diagnostic criteria for sudden deafness should be changed to 'moderate to profound hearing loss'. In clinical diagnosis, a 30-dB hearing loss at 1 kHz can be used as a tentative criterion for sudden deafness.
Murai
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Department of Otolaryngology, Iwate Medical University, Japan.
Tsuiki
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Kusano
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Hori
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D001299:Audiometry; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D011379:Prognosis