Noise Trauma: Drug Therapy

Therapy target

Improvement of symptomatology

Therapy recommendations

  • For noise trauma, the following are used:
    • Infusion therapy to improve the fluidity of the blood or blood flow-enhancing therapy: low-molecular-weight dextrans, pentoxifylline (vasodilator/drugs that dilate blood vessels) (there is no proven evidence of efficacy).
    • Prednisolone equivalent (glucocorticoids): prednisolone equivalent, 250 mg for 3 days.
    • Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO; synonyms: hyperbaric oxygen therapy, HBO therapy; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; HBO2, HBOT); therapy in which medically pure oxygen is applied under an elevated ambient pressure – used to improve the oxygen supply to the inner ear.
    • See also under “Surgical therapy” and “Other therapy”: