Questions to Ask Your Provider about Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL)
First Appointment Questions
- Is there anything I can do to get my hearing back?
- What caused my hearing loss?
- What are the chances I will have hearing loss in my other ear?
- What are the risks of treatment?
- What do I do about the ringing in my ear?
Follow-up Appointment Questions
- Is there anything I can do to help my hearing now that medical therapies are done and I still have hearing loss?
- How will I be able to manage with hearing in just one ear?
- Do I have to wear a hearing aid?
- Is there any surgery I can have to get my hearing back?
- Now that I have my hearing back, what is the chance that this will happen to me again?
Source
Chandrasekhar SS, Tsai Do BS, Schwartz SR, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;161 (1_Suppl):[S1-S45].
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