The Effect of Patient's Position After Intra-tympanic Injection on the Amount of Fluid in the Middle Ear
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Sudden Hearing Loss
- Interventions
- Other: Sitting after intra tympanic injection
- Registration Number
- NCT04449848
- Lead Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
- Brief Summary
During the regular protocol of Intra-tympanic injections of Dexamethasone to the middle ear due to Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, the patients will be sitted once after the injection instead of lying down. They will be then asked to rate their taste as a reference to the amount of fluid leaking to the throat through the eustachian tube.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients diagnosed with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, treated using intra-tympanic injection of steroids to the middle ear
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with abnormal sense of taste
- Middle or inner ear anomaly
- Eustachian tube dysfunction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Sitting after intra tympanic injection Sitting after intra tympanic injection Patients with Sudden hearing loss sitting after intra tympanic injection of steroids
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Bitter taste 30 minutes Bitter taste described by the patients using a questionnaire with a scale of 0 to 5
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method