To summarize the clinical features, therapeutic effects, and related influencing factors of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) in children to optimize the clinical management plan for this disease.
Retrospective single-center data on pediatric sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) may sharpen awareness of child-specific features, but the weak evidence level means no practice change is warranted until prospective or multicenter data confirm the findings.
Pediatric SSNHL is undercharacterized relative to adult SSNHL; a decade-long dataset provides a rare benchmark for clinical features and treatment response in this age group.
- 01Single-center retrospective review spanning 2015–2025 focused exclusively on pediatric idiopathic SSNHL.
- 02Study analyzed clinical features, therapeutic outcomes, and prognostic factors in children.
- 03Retrospective design limits causal inference and may reflect institutional treatment biases.
- 04Findings could inform future prospective or multicenter pediatric SSNHL trials.
- 05Idiopathic SSNHL in children is poorly understood compared with the adult population.
Clinical features and treatment efficacy of idiopathic SSNHL in children differ meaningfully from adult presentations.
studypartially supportedCertain influencing factors predict therapeutic outcomes in pediatric idiopathic SSNHL.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42228104
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00405-026-10312-x.
- Journal
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Pediatric patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss treated at a single center, 2015–2025
- Intervention
- Various therapeutic interventions for idiopathic SSNHL in children
Primary outcomes
Therapeutic outcomes (hearing recovery); Clinical features of pediatric SSNHL; Influencing factors on prognosis