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Tzu-Chen Kao1,2*
1Yi-Xin-Tang Chinese Medical Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan
2Master Degree, Graduate of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), also known as sudden deafness,is an acute otorhinolaryngological illness manifested as rapid hearing loss; this acute illness can have serious negative effects on patients’ lives. In 1967, Japanese physician Yamamoto Toshikatsu invented Yamamoto new scalp acupuncture (YNSA), a new acupuncture system that uses somatotopes instead of acupuncture points used in traditional Chinese acupuncture. To date, studies on SSHL have generally investigated treatments made using Western steroid therapy or traditional Chinese acupuncture, and those that investigated treatments involving YNSA remain to be seen. Accordingly, this study presented the use of YNSA to treat SSHL.
In this study, the patient was a 62-year-old man who experienced SSHL in his left ear and later developed right ear SSHL in June 2018. He received a steroid injection for his right ear in an otorhinolaryngology clinic, but his hearing was not satisfactorily recovered. When he visited the clinic, he experienced tinnitus in his left ear and blockage (plugged) in his right ear. He was subsequently given YNSA treatment. To date, he has received YNSA treatment 18 times, and his hearing has improved to 40 dB. He continues to receive such treatment.
Conclusion: YNSA has a significant and positive effect on SSHL, tinnitus,and ear blockage. Patients whose hearing does not improve after receiving Western treatment or traditional Chinese acupuncture may consider receiving this treatment.
Keywords：sudden sensorineural hearing loss, sudden deafness Yamamoto new scalp acupuncture, somatotope
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231.19 山元式新頭針療法治療耳中風之病例報告
