title: [Sudden deafness in the elderly].
abstract: To study the clinical features of the sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) in the elderly, forty-five cases with SSHL, in the age more than 60 years, and fifty-seven young cases with SSHL as controls were investigated. The results showed that: 1. there was a higher incidence of the cardiovascular disease in the elderly group than in the young group (P < 0.05), 2. prognosis of hearing in elderly patients was worse than that in the controls (P < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Second Clinical College, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, 410011.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis