Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) is a physically and emotionally draining condition that prevents you from living your life as you always have. It can affect your family life, career, personal relationships, and hobbies.

 If you’ve suddenly lost your ability to hear and are suffering from idiopathic sudden hearing loss, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be able to help you regain hearing.

At Urban Wellness Group, we use hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss . We’re proud to have recently been added as an in-network Hyperbaric treatment center with United Healthcare. Our experienced practitioners can help you decide if HBOT is right for you.

Also known as sudden deafness, this condition is defined by a rapid loss of hearing. Those suffering from idiopathic sudden hearing loss generally experience this loss of hearing over a single or a few days. This affliction can happen to just one or both ears, and is experienced by 1 out of every 10,000 people.

While ISSHL is mostly unexplained, the issue has been targeted to the sensory organs of the inner ear.

Additional symptoms include:

• A sudden “pop” prior to losing your hearing

• The feeling of your ear being “full”

• Ringing in your ear

• Dizziness or nausea

How can hyperbaric oxygen therapy treat idiopathic sudden hearing loss?

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment uses increased atmospheric pressures to promote oxygen circulation in your body.

Treatment begins with you lying in a hyperbaric chamber, where the atmospheric pressure is increased and pure oxygen is released. Your lungs absorb a normal amount of oxygen from the air at sea level. As atmospheric pressure is increased, the body can absorb oxygen much more efficiently. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy aids in the treatment of Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss by increasing oxygen levels and circulation in the inner ear.

Over 10,000 clinical trials and case studies have been completed to test health-related applications of hyperbaric treatment, including for treatment of ISSHL. The vast majority of results have reported overwhelming success.

Further reading on idiopathic sudden hearing loss & HBOT

https://consumer.healthday.com/hearing-information-19/hearing-disorder-news-351/study-supports-oxygen-therapy-for-sudden-hearing-loss-738095.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369993/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22670557/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/2704029

https://www.uhms.org/14-idiopathic-sudden-sensorineural-hearing-loss-new-approved-on-october-8-2011-by-the-uhms-board-of-directors.html