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MASC 2002
MASC 2002
The short course was held on 24–26 February 2002, at the Radisson Hotel, Dallas North at Richardson, Texas. In this entry we offer a content overview from this course.
Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss; On the Other Side of the Audiometer
More patients may suffer ISSHL than indicated by incidence.
Idiopathic Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) is a hearing loss that is greater than 30 dB in three contiguous frequencies and that occurs over a period of less than three days. The incidence is estimated at 20/100,000 persons per year, increasing with advancing age.