Steroid injection through ear for sudden hearing loss
Part of Brain & nervous system, Ear, nose & throat clinical trials.
This trial tests delivering steroid medicine directly into the inner ear through the round window to see if it helps people with severe sudden hearing loss who haven't improved with standard treatment.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be between 12 and 75 years old.
- You have sudden hearing loss in one ear only.
- Your hearing loss started within the last 7 days before you got standard treatment.
- Even after standard treatment, your hearing tests show very severe loss (average of 80 decibels or more).
- Your hearing loss has no known cause, and you haven't had ear surgery or other ear conditions like Meniere's disease.
- You have not had a sudden hearing loss episode in the past 2 years or taken certain ear-damaging medicines recently.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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