The Effect of Patient's Position After Intra-tympanic Injection

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center20 enrolled

Overview

The effect of the patient's head on the leakage of steroids from the middle ear to the throat will be studied. The patients will be seated after one of the intra tympanic injections that are routonely performed due to Sudden Sensorineural Hearin Loss (SNHL). The patients will be asked if they taste the steroids in their throats.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Sudden Hearing Loss

Interventions

Change of posture after Intra Tympanic injectionOTHER

Seating position after Intra Tympanic injection

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, treated using intra-tympanic injection of steroids * Patients who signed an informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Dysgeusia * Inner or middle ear malfomation * Eustachian tube dysfunction

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Degree of taste

The patients will rate the degree of change of taste in their throat

Time frame: 0 Minutes, and then 10, 20, 30 minutes after the injection

Central Contacts

‪Yahav Oron

CONTACT

0523523181 oron.yahav@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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