title: [Sudden and fluctuating hearing loss in divers. Clinical cases and pathogenetic hypotheses].
abstract: The authors examined 186 professional and 300 occasional divers finding 12 cases of sudden deafness and 3 cases of real hearing fluctuations. Supporting and producing factors are described, pathogenical hypotesis are formulated and medical therapy is suggested.
mesh_terms: D001510:Bed Rest; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004242:Diving; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000503:physiopathology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D011312:Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D004176:Dipyridamole; D006493:Heparin; D001623:Betamethasone
vernacular_title: Ipoacusie improvvise ed ipoacusie fluttuanti nei sommozzatori casi clinici ed ipotesi patogenetiche.