Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is characterized by rapid-onset, unexplained hearing impairment, frequently accompanied by symptoms such as tinnitus, dizziness, and nausea. Patients with SSNHL often experience psychological distress, including anxiety and depression, which are interconnected, offering insights for holistic management....
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Clinicians managing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) should assess tinnitus, dizziness, and nausea as interconnected symptom clusters that may amplify psychological distress, but this cross-sectional network study does not yet prescribe a specific treatment protocol.
Mapping symptom networks in SSNHL highlights tinnitus and vestibular symptoms as potential intervention targets for reducing psychological burden, shifting care beyond audiological outcomes alone.
- 01Network analysis used to model symptom-distress relationships in SSNHL patients.
- 02Tinnitus, dizziness, and nausea identified as co-occurring symptoms linked to psychological distress.
- 03Approach moves beyond single-symptom analysis to show how symptoms mutually reinforce each other.
- 04Findings may guide holistic, multi-symptom management strategies for SSNHL.
- 05Cross-sectional design limits conclusions about symptom progression over time.
Tinnitus, dizziness, and nausea co-occur and are associated with heightened psychological distress in SSNHL patients.
studypartially supportedNetwork analysis reveals central symptoms that may be priority targets for intervention in SSNHL.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42675741
- DOI
- 10.1097/MD.0000000000050381.
- Journal
- Medicine
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 3
- Population
- Patients diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL)
- Intervention
- Network analysis of symptom and psychological distress data
Primary outcomes
Symptom network structure (centrality of tinnitus, dizziness, nausea); Psychological distress levels