title: Ethics of Placebo Control in Trials for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Counterpoint.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA shumana@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Shuman
mesh_terms: D032984:Ethics, Research; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D010919:Placebos / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D057212:Therapeutic Equipoise
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D010919:Placebos
keywords: equipoise; research ethics; sudden sensorineural hearing loss