XIE Lu-lu,CHENG Yu-xuan,CHEN Jia.Clinical Characteristics of Vestibular Functions in Patients with Acute Low Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(06):590-593.
XIE Lu-lu,CHENG Yu-xuan,CHEN Jia.Clinical Characteristics of Vestibular Functions in Patients with Acute Low Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(06):590-593.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4933.2025.06.008.
Clinical Characteristics of Vestibular Functions in Patients with Acute Low Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss
This study aims to systematically evaluate the vestibular function characteristics of patients with acute low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss (ALHL) to provide a basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Methods
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Forty ALHL patients were included in the study group
with an equal number of healthy controls recruited at the same time. All the subjects underwent pure tone audiometry and vestibular function tests
including cold and warm stimulation tests
video head impulse test (vHIT)
cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential(cVEMP) and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP). Vestibular function impairment in the ALHL patients was compared and analyzed. Based on treatment outcomes
the ALHL patients were categorized into effective and ineffective groups
and a differential analysis of relevant research indicators was conducted for the both groups. Subsequently
statistically significant variables were incorporated into a binary logistic regression model to identify factors influencing the efficacy of ALHL treatment.
Results
2
The abnormal rates in the ALHL group were significantly higher than those in the control group for the cold and warm tests (
P
<
0.001)
vHIT (
P
=0.012)
cVEMP (
P
<
0.001)
and oVEMP (
P
<
0.001). vHIT abnormalities were associated with treatment efficacy (
P
=0.025)
indicating that patients with abnormal vHIT had an 0.840 times lower likelihood of treatment effectiveness compared to those with normal results (OR=0.160
95% CI: 0.028-0.927). Age
side of the affected ear
presence of tinnitus
presence of ear fullness
and abnormalities in cold and warm tests
cVEMP
and oVEMP were not associated with treatment efficacy.
Conclusion
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ALHL patients commonly exhibit multiple vestibular organ impairments. Vestibular function assessments particularly abnormalities detected in high-frequency vHIT of the semicircular canals
are an independent risk factor for ineffective treatment of ALHL.
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