Sudden Deafness Accompanied by Asymptomatic Mumps

M. Okamoto Department of Otolaryngology, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

T. Shitara Department of Otolaryngology, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

M. Nakayama Department of Otolaryngology, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

H. Takamiya Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

K. Nishiyama Department of Otolaryngology, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

Y. Ono Department of Otolaryngology, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

H. Sano Department of Otolaryngology, Kilasato University, Kanagawa, 228, Japan

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Abstract

In this study we investigated asymptomatic mumps as a possible cause of sudden deafness. We studied 131 sudden deafness patients by measuring their serum mumps antibody values. Positive IgM antibody results, which strongly suggest recent mumps infection, were revealed in 9 of the 130 patients tested (6.9%). Asmyptomatic mumps infections are apparently closely related to sudden deafness. Further studies will provide more definite diagnoses of mumps deafness and might be applicable to the treatment of such hearing loss.

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