Impact of hyperbaric oxygen as initial treatment on idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss prognosis: a propensity scores matching analysis
Sanlin Xie, Weihong Hong, Lipeng Huang, Yongjun Hong · 2026
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Sanlin Xie, Weihong Hong, Lipeng Huang, and Yongjun Hong test pressurized oxygen for sudden hearing loss in a study from two thousand twenty-six. The condition strikes without clear cause, and steroids are the standard first treatment. Adding hyperbaric oxygen up front is popular but unproven.
Four hundred thirteen patients were split by whether they got oxygen plus steroids or steroids alone. The groups differed at baseline, so the team matched them into one hundred thirty-five balanced pairs. Before matching, recovery rates seemed to differ. After matching, they did not. The authors conclude the oxygen add-on brings no extra benefit over steroids given both ways. The study is a caution against judging add-on therapies from unmatched data.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sanlin Xie, Weihong Hong, Lipeng Huang, Yongjun Hong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |