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is pocket guide attempts to define principles of practice that should produce high-quality
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pocket guide should not be considered exclusive of other methods of care reasonably directed at
obtaining the same results. e ultimate judgment concerning the propriety of any course of
conduct must be made by the clinician aer consideration of each individual patient situation.
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Abbreviations
ABR, auditory brainstem responses; CHL, conductive hearing loss; CPG, clinical practice
guideline; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; CT, computed tomography; HBOT, hyperbaric
oxygen therapy; ISSNHL, idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss; IT, intratympanic;
KAS, key action statement; MHL, mixed hearing loss; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging ;
QOL, quality of life; SHL, sudden hearing loss; SNHL, sensorineural hearing loss; SSNHL,
sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Source
Chandrasekhar SS, Tsai Do BS, Schwartz SR, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden
Hearing Loss (Update). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;161 (1_Suppl):[S1-S45].
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