1. Acupuncture for sudden deafness: A scoping review of clinical studies
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Bai, Peng, Li, Yang, Zhiwei Feng, Zhang, Chongyang, Xinru Wang, Ziyu Tian, and Xueshi Di
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Otolaryngology ,Integrative Medicine ,Alternative and Complementary Medicine ,Medical Specialties ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,hearing loss,sudden ,acupuncture - Abstract
Sudden deafness refers to a sudden, unexplained sensorineural hearing loss that occurs within 72 hours. It can cause considerable distress to the sufferer's daily life. At present, the treatment of sudden deafness is mainly glucocorticoid, including systemic glucocorticoid and intravympinal injection. However, the clinical evidence for both is not strong and there are some side effects. Acupuncture and moxibustion is a kind of complementary and alternative therapy with a long history in China, which has certain clinical effect on sudden deafness. This study will comprehensively search, summarize, analyze and comprehensively evaluate the existing evidence of clinical research on acupuncture treatment of sudden deafness, and present the research overview.
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- 2023
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