ObjectiveTostudyconcomitantsymptomsanddiseaseconditionsinsuddendeafness.MethodsClinicaldataof418casesofsuddendeafnesstreatedinthisdepartmentfrom2000to2007werereviewed.ResultsOfthe418cases,201weremalesand217werefemales.Rightearwasinvolvedin184casesandleftearin191cases.Bilateralinvolvementwasseenin43cases.Theaverageagewas44.1years.Tinnituswasreportedin369cases(88.3%)eitherbeforeorafterhearingloss,ofwhich64.5%wasoflowpitch,27.1%ofhighpitchand8.4%ofmixedtones.Constanttinnituswasreportedin83%ofthecases,andmuffledfeelingsin33.3%ofthecases.Hearinglosswastheonlycomplaintin221cases(52.9%).Dizzinesswasreportedin77cases(18.4%)andvertigoattacksin120cases(28%).Hypertension,coronaryarterydiseaseanddiabeteswerefoundin19.6%of418casesandhyperlipidemiain54.5%of211cases.CTand/orMRIdatawereavailablein147cases,withpositivefindingsin18cases(12.3%):2withacousticneuroma(1.36%);4withemphraxisinthebasalganglia,cerebellum,temporallobeorparietallobe,and12withpoorpneumatizationofipsiorcontralateralmastoidcells.ConclusionInthiscaseseriesofsuddendeafness,low-pitchconstanttinnituswasacommoncomplaint.Mostofthestudiedcasespresentedwithsimplehearingloss.Vertigoattacksweremorecommonthandizzinessinthisgroupofpatients.Themostcommonconcomitantdisorderwashyperlipidemia,especiallyhightriglycerides.Imagingstudiesareimportantinmanagingsuddendeafnessinrulingoutacousticneuromaandotherintracranialdiseases.
