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Nitrobid therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss

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The efficacy of local application of Nitrobid oinment in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss has been presented Overall good to fair recovery occured in 40% of the patients, important prognostic indicators were found to be severity of initial hearing loss, time from onset to initial visit, age of the patient and hearing status of the opposite ear.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

    N. K. Panda, Y. N. Mehra & S. B. S. Mann

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Panda, N.K., Mehra, Y.N. & Mann, S.B.S. Nitrobid therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 45, 125–127 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03054711

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