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Descriptor English: Hearing Loss, Sudden
Descriptor Spanish: Pérdida Auditiva Súbita
Descriptor pérdida auditiva súbita
Entry term(s) hipoacusia súbita
sordera súbita
Scope note: Pérdida de la audición neurosensorial que se desarrolla durante un período de horas o pocos días. La intensidad varía, de ligera a sordera total. La sordera súbita puede ser debida a traumatismos craneales, patología vascular e infecciones o aparecer sin una causa evidente ni síntomas previos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Perda Auditiva Súbita
Descriptor French: Perte auditive soudaine
Entry term(s): Deafness, Sudden
Sudden Deafness
Sudden Hearing Loss
Tree number(s): C09.218.458.341.900
C10.597.751.418.341.900
C23.888.592.763.393.341.900
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003639
Scope note: Sensorineural hearing loss which develops suddenly over a period of hours or a few days. It varies in severity from mild to total deafness. Sudden deafness can be due to head trauma, vascular diseases, infections, or can appear without obvious cause or warning.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Deafness (1966-1978)
Deafness, Sudden (1979-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see DEAFNESS, SUDDEN 1979-2002
History Note: 2003 (1979)
DeCS ID: 3656
Unique ID: D003639
NLM Classification: WV 270
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/22
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Hearing Loss, Sudden - Preferred
Concept UI M0413169
Scope note Sensorineural hearing loss which develops suddenly over a period of hours or a few days. It varies in severity from mild to total deafness. Sudden deafness can be due to head trauma, vascular diseases, infections, or can appear without obvious cause or warning.
Preferred term Hearing Loss, Sudden
Entry term(s) Sudden Hearing Loss
Deafness, Sudden - Narrower
Concept UI M0005696
Scope note Complete sensorineural hearing loss which develops suddenly over a period of hours or a few days.
Preferred term Deafness, Sudden
Entry term(s) Sudden Deafness



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