| Table 2. | Subjective symptoms and test results | |||||||
| Patient | Pre-MVA | Post-MVA | Pre-MVA | Early Post-MVA | Late Post-MVA | Frequency | Other Post- MVA | |
| Symptoms | Symptoms | Audiogram (PTA) | Audiogram (PTA) | Audiogram (PTA), | Affected | Testing | ||
| & Configuration | & Configuration | Configuration | ||||||
| 1* (perf) | HL | LHL, TINN, DIZ, FULL | 20 dB (left) | None | 28 dB (left) | High (left) | None | |
| flat SNHL | sloping mixed loss | |||||||
| 2 | HL, TINN | RHL, TINN | 34 dB (right) | 45 dB (right) | 33 dB (right) | Middle & | Metabolic screen normal | |
| sloping SNHL | falling SNHL | sloping SNHL | High (right) | |||||
| 3 | HL | RHL, TINN, FULL | 35 dB (right) | 46 dB (right) | 45 dB (right) | Middle & | Head CT normal | |
| sloping SNHL | sloping SNHL | sloping SNHL | High (right) | Metabolic screen normal | ||||
| 4 (perf) | None | LHL, DIZ | None | 45 dB (left) | 19 dB (left) | All (left) | Head CT normal | |
| flat CHL | flat CHL | Head MRI normal | ||||||
| 5 | RHL, TINN | RHL, LHL, TINN, DIZ | 23 dB (left) | 33 dB (left) | 30 dB (left) | Middle (both) | Head CT normal | |
| 45 dB (right) | 58 dB (right) | 57 dB (right) | High (both) | Head MRI normal | ||||
| flat SNHL | flat SNHL | flat SNHL | ENG normal | |||||
| 6 | LHL | RHL, LHL, TINN | 36 dB (left) | 40 dB (left) | 40 dB (left) | Middle & | Head CT normal | |
| 32 dB (right) | 41 dB (right) | 51 dB (right) | High (both) | ABR normal | ||||
| flat SNHL | sloping SNHL | sloping SNHL | ECOG normal | |||||
| 7 | RHL | RHL, LHL, TINN | None | None | 25 dB (left) | Middle (left) | Head CT normal | |
| 36 dB (right) | Low (right) | Plain films negative | ||||||
| notched SNHL | High (both) | |||||||
| 8 | None | DIZ | None | None | 8 dB (both) | None | Head MRI normal | |
| normal | Hallpike positive (left) | |||||||
| 9 | LHL, DIZ | LHL, DIZ, TINN | 14 dB (left) | None | 24 dB (left) | High (left) | ENG, MRI normal | |
| sloping SNHL | sloping SNHL | ECOG abnormal | ||||||
| Rotary chair: abnormal | ||||||||
| 10 | None | LHL, RHL, TINN, DIZ | None | None | 26 dB (left) | Middle (left) | Head CT normal | |
| Bilateral otalgias | 15 dB (right) | Low (left) | ENG normal | |||||
| sloping SNHL | High (both) | ECOG normal | ||||||
| 11 | None | LHL, TINN, DIZ | None | None | 29 dB (left) | High (left) | Head CT normal | |
| 15 dB (right) | Head MRI normal | |||||||
| notched SNHL | ||||||||
| 12 | None | LHL, RHL | None | 39 dB (left) | 46 dB (left) | All (both) | None | |
| 39 dB (right) | 48 dB (right) | |||||||
| sloping SNHL | sloping SNHL | |||||||
| 13** | HL, TINN | LHL, TINN, DIZ | 11 dB (left) | 21 dB (left) | 29 dB (left) | All (left) | Head CT normal | |
| Chronic otalgias | normal | falling mixed loss | falling mixed loss | Head MRI normal | ||||
| 14 | None | RHL, TINN, FULL | None | 5 dB (right) | None | None | Plain films negative | |
| 5 dB (left) | ||||||||
| 15 | RHL, LHL | RHL, LHL, TINN, DIZ | None | None | 17 dB (right) | Middle (both) | ENG: positional nystagmus | |
| 17 dB (left) | High (both) | Metabolic screen normal | ||||||
| falling SNHL bilateral | ||||||||
| 16 | None | TINN, DIZ | None | None | 5 dB (right) | None | ENG: normal | |
| Persistent otalgias | 5 dB (left) | Metabolic screen normal | ||||||
| normal | ||||||||
| 17* | None | TINN | None | None | None | None | None | |
| 18 (perf) | None | RHL, TINN, FULL | None | 35 dB (right) | 18 dB (right) | All (right) | None | |
| flat CHL | normal | |||||||
| 19 (perf) | None | RHL, TINN, FULL | None | 45 dB (right) | 22 dB (right) | All (right) | None | |
| sloping mixed loss | sloping mixed loss | |||||||
| 20 | None | RHL, LHL, TINN, FULL | None | None | 23 dB (right) | High (right) | MRI: normal | |
| 14 dB (left) | ||||||||
| * = History of a left tympanoplasty for a persistent perforation; ** = history of a left tympanomastoidectomy for chronic otitis; perf = tympanic membrane perforation; | ||||||||
| MVA = motor vehicle accident; PTA = pure tone average; SNHL = sensorineural hearing loss; CHL = conductive hearing loss; dB = decibels; CT = computed tomography | ||||||||
| scan; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; ENG = electronystagmography; ABR = auditory brainstem response; ECOG = electrocochleography; RHL = right hearing loss; |