Questions to Ask Your Provider about Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL)

First Appointment Questions

  1. Is there anything I can do to get my hearing back?
  2. What caused my hearing loss?
  3. What are the chances I will have hearing loss in my other ear?
  4. What are the risks of treatment?
  5. What do I do about the ringing in my ear?

Follow-up Appointment Questions

  1. Is there anything I can do to help my hearing now that medical therapies are done and I still have hearing loss?
  2. How will I be able to manage with hearing in just one ear?
  3. Do I have to wear a hearing aid?
  4. Is there any surgery I can have to get my hearing back?
  5. 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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