Name: Luetic Deafness
Creator: E L, Hendershot
Keywords: Male, Syphilis, Congenital, Treponema Immobilization Test, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Temporal Bone, Auditory Threshold, Penicillins, Deafness, Middle Aged

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1973 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, volume 11, pages 43-47 (issn: 0030-6665,

Authors: E L, Hendershot;

doi: 10.1016/s0030-6665(20)32568-8 , 10.1288/00005537-197306000-00003

pmid: 4197085 , 662354

Luetic Deafness

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AbstractLuetic deafness is an otologic tragedy, not only because it can cause a total sensori‐neural deafness, but also it is a treatable condition if recognized.The most prominent feature of luetic deafness is discrimination loss out of proportion to the pure tone threshold. It is usually caused by congenital or late lues.The FTA‐ABS test should be used as the diagnostic test because of its sensitivity and low number of false positive reactions.Treatment should be with high doses of penicillin and prednisone.

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St. Vincent Charity Hospital
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Case Western Reserve University
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Keywords

Male, Syphilis, Congenital, Treponema Immobilization Test, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Temporal Bone, Auditory Threshold, Penicillins, Deafness, Middle Aged, Syphilis Serodiagnosis, Cortisone, Humans, Prednisone, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Syphilis, Hearing Disorders, Aged

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