בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך. 

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) is uncommon in children, and its treatment and outcome are debated.

We aimed to critically review evidence in the literature about treatment options and functional outcomes of pediatric ISSNHL.

Additionally, we performed a meta-analysis of the results of combined systemic-intratympanic steroid therapy versus solely systemic treatment.

A search was run in the PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases.

Included articles were original ISSNHL case series, written in English, with a population age ranging from 2 to 19 years.

Other study types (single case reports, editorials, and reviews) and case series with known etiology of sudden hearing loss were excluded.

Descriptive data of patients, treatments, outcomes, and possible prognostic factors were extracted and recorded for every included study.