Table 1:

Participant demographics

No.Age (yr)Sex, EthnicitySideYears since OnsetPrior TherapySymptomsSRT/SDSa
RightLeft
162FemaleLeft6HCTZ∼2 Vertigo episodes/year20 dB90 dB
96% at 60 dB4% at 100 dB
245MaleRight3HCTZ, oral steroidsWaxing/waning roaring tinnitus, occasional vertigo15 dB5 dB
96% at 75 dB100% at 45 dB
355MaleRight1HCTZTinnitus ×1 year,15 dB20 dB
episodic vertigo ×2 mo96% at 55 dB96% at 80 dB
463FemaleRight>10Bilateral IT steroid injection, oral steroid, HCTZ8 Vertigo attacks within 2 mo65 dB25 dB
56% at 80 dB96% at 50 dB
553FemaleLeft>10Endolymphatic shunt, IT gentamicin ×9, IT steroids, gent/dex impregnated Gelfoamb sponge in round window nicheTinnitus and pressure10 dB30 dB
96% at 45 dB92% at 65 dB
635FemaleRight3HCTZEpisodic vertigo within prior 2 weeks65 dB10 dB
44% at 80 dB96% at 50 dB
  • Note:—HCTZ indicates hydrochlorothiazide; SRT, speech reception threshold; SDS, speech discrimination score (%) at supra-SRT level (decibel); gent/dex, gentamicin/dexamethasone.

  • a Normal = Less than 25, mild = 26–40, moderate = 41–55, moderate/severe = 56–70, severe = 71–90, profound hearing loss >90.

  • b Phadia, Uppsala, Sweden.