Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Hearing

Expiry Date
: 01/05/2024
CPD Units
: 3.00 Points
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and hearing loss

Keywords: Hearing loss, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Acute hearing loss

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Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to review of literature on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in treating acute hearing loss.

Editor's comments:
This article provides an additional option to offer patients with an acute hearing loss. The need for early initiation for maximum benefit could be a limiting factor, as well as the cost.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

  1. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
  2. Acute hearing gloss, Acute Acoustic trauma, Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss 
  3. Implications of HBOT with acute hearing loss
  4. Hypoxia, Hearing loss and HBOT 
  5. The clinical use of HBOT 
  6. The use of corticosteroids in acute hearing loss 
  7. Recent finding of HBOT and acute hearing loss 
  8. Other therapies that could be used with an acute hearing loss.

              Instructions for this Module

              • Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
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              • The pass grade is 70%;
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