<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents a case study of a 32-year-old patient admitted to the Mazowia Hyperbaric Therapy Centre due to a sudden loss of hearing. In an interview the patient reported an abrupt hearing deterioration in his right ear and the feeling of congestion in the left ear with bilateral tinnitus present for over 2 months. The patient was qualified to undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO). After 15 treatment sessions in a pressure chamber a noticeable improvement of hearing in his right-ear was noted (proved by pure tone audiometry) and subjective hearing upswing in his left ear.</p><p> The bibliography includes the articles and references concerning the time limits of HBO therapy and its effectiveness in the treatment of sudden deafness.</p></abstract>

The article presents a case study of a 32-year-old patient admitted to the Mazowia Hyperbaric Therapy Centre due to a sudden loss of hearing. In an interview the patient reported an abrupt hearing deterioration in his right ear and the feeling of congestion in the left ear with bilateral tinnitus present for over 2 months. The patient was qualified to undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO). After 15 treatment sessions in a pressure chamber a noticeable improvement of hearing in his right-ear was noted (proved by pure tone audiometry) and subjective hearing upswing in his left ear. The bibliography includes the articles and references concerning the time limits of HBO therapy and its effectiveness in the treatment of sudden deafness.

Sudden Hearing Loss Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) – Case Study

Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the Medical University of Wrocław, Poland

Mazowia Hyperbaric Therapy Centre and Wound Treatment, Warsaw, Poland

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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The article presents a case study of a 32-year-old patient admitted to the Mazowia Hyperbaric Therapy Centre due to a sudden loss of hearing. In an interview...

Sudden Hearing Loss Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) – Case Study

Published Online: Nov 18, 2015

Page range: 7 - 9

Accepted: May 12, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phr-2015-0007

Keywords
sudden deafness, hyperbaric oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen therapy

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Sudden Hearing Loss Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) – Case Study

Published Online: Nov 18, 2015

Page range: 7 - 9

Accepted: May 12, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phr-2015-0007

Keywordssudden deafness, hyperbaric oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen therapy

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sudden deafness, hyperbaric oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen therapy