Audiological assessment in Ramsay Hunt syndrome

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Title

Audiological assessment in Ramsay Hunt syndrome (EN)

Creator

Economou, C (EN)

Kaberos, A (EN)

Korres, SG (EN)

Balatsouras, DG (EN)

Kandiloros, D (EN)

Type

journalArticle (EN)

Partial document
Publication in journal (EN)

Article
Scientific article (EN)

Issued

2014-03-01T01:52:02Z

2002 (EN)

Year

2002 (EN)

Description

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is known to cause symptoms and signs of vestibulocochlear dysfunction, including sensorineural hearing loss. The present study investigates the audiological features of a group of 15 patients with this syndrome. A complete otolaryngological, neurologic, and audiological workup was performed in every patient, including auditory brain stein response measurements and recording of transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions, In most patients, some degree of hearing loss was evident, and abnormal latencies and interpeak latencies of the auditory brain stem response, or even absence or the waves, were observed, Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions were present in only 6 cases, and caloric tests showed unilateral weakness in the majority of the patients, In all of the performed tests, abnormalities were present only on the affected side. The audiological data suggested cochlear or retrocochlear involvement or involvement at more than one site along the auditory pathway. (EN)

Scientific field

Otorhinolaryngology (EN)

Medical and Health Sciences ▶ Clinical Medicine
Otorhinolaryngology (EN)

Subject

retrocochlear lesion (EN)

transiently evoked otoacoustic emission (EN)

auditors brain stein response (EN)

HERPES-ZOSTER OTICUS (EN)

hearing loss (EN)

FACIAL PARALYSIS (EN)

cochlear lesion (EN)

herpes zoster oticus (EN)