Hearing loss in autoimmune disorders
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Mancini Patrizia, Atturo Francesca
Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a rare clinical entity accounting for less than 1% of all cases of hearing loss; however, this could be an underestimation based on the absence of specific diagnostic tests and the complexity of differential diagnosis. The disease could be localized only in the ear or hearing loss could be a symptom of a systemic autoimmune disease.