Is Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Seasonal?

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the circannual rhythm (seasonal incidence) of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL).

METHODS: Data were retrieved from the medical files of an original cohort of all consecutive patients with ISSNHL in a tertiary medical center between 2012 and 2020. A systematic literature search of "MEDLINE" via "PubMed," "Embase," and "Web of Science" on comparable published cases was performed. A Google Trends analysis of the term [sudden hearing loss] and related terms between 2014 and 2020 was also performed.

RESULTS: Most of the published series (9/12) reported the highest ISSNHL incidence in the spring and the lowest in the winter (8/12). In our local series, the incidence during the winter was significantly lower than that for the other seasons by a factor of 0.69 (95% confidence interval, 0.65-0.77; p = 0.041; r = 0.36). Google Trends data showed no significant correlation between the calendric month and the incidence of ISSNHL in any of the analyzed countries ( p = 0.873, r2 = 0.029).

CONCLUSION: The ISSNHL incidence was lowest during the winter season in our cohort and reported for other cohorts worldwide. Google Trends-based model analysis did not determine any circannual rhythm.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

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Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology - 43(2022), 9 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1016-1021

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Englisch

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Simani, Liam [VerfasserIn]
Oron, Yahav [VerfasserIn]
Shapira, Udi [VerfasserIn]
Handzel, Ophir [VerfasserIn]
Abu Eta, Rani [VerfasserIn]
Warshavsky, Anton [VerfasserIn]
Horowitz, Gilad [VerfasserIn]
Muhanna, Nidal [VerfasserIn]
Shilo, Shahaf [VerfasserIn]
Ungar, Omer J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 19.09.2022

Date Revised 03.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/MAO.0000000000003661

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NLM345574370