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. 2012 Oct 17;2012(10):CD004739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004739.pub4
CENTRAL EMBASE (Ovid) CINAHL (Ovid) AMED (Ovid)
#1 HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION single term (MeSH) 
 #2 oxygen* 
 #3 HBOT 
 #4 HBO 
 #5 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 
 #6 HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN single term (MeSH) 
 #7 HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL single term (MeSH) 
 #8 sudden* 
 #9 #7 and #8 
 #10 sshl 
 #11 snhl 
 #12 ishl 
 #13 isshl 
 #14 issnhl 
 #15 ssnhl 
 #16 (sudden near hearing) 
 #17 (sudden near deaf*) 
 #18 #6 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 
 #19 TINNITUS single term (MeSH) 
 #20 tinnitus 
 #21 #19 or #20 
 #22 #18 or #21 
 #23 #5 and #22 #1 exp HYPERBARIC OXYGEN/ 
 #2 oxygen$.tw. 
 #3 HBOT.tw. 
 #4 HBO.tw. 
 #5 or/1‐4 
 #6 exp SUDDEN DEAFNESS/ 
 #7 exp PERCEPTION DEAFNESS/ 
 #8 sudden$.tw. 
 #9 7 and 8 
 #10 sshl.tw. 
 #11 snhl.tw. 
 #12 ishl.tw. 
 #13 isshl.tw. 
 #14 issnhl.tw. 
 #15 ssnhl.tw. 
 #16 (sudden adj3 hearing).tw. 
 #17 (sudden adj3 deaf$).tw. 
 #18 or/6,9‐17 
 #19 TINNITUS/ 
 #20 tinnitus.tw. 
 #21 (ear adj1 (buzz$ or ring$)).tw. 
 #22 or/19‐21 
 #23 18 or 22 
 #24 5 and 23 #1 exp HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION/ 
 #2 oxygen$.tw. 
 #3 HBOT.tw. 
 #4 HBO.tw. 
 #5 or/1‐4 
 #6 exp HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL/ 
 #7 sudden$.tw. 
 #8 6 and 7 
 #9 sshl.tw. 
 #10 snhl.tw. 
 #11 ishl.tw. 
 #12 isshl.tw. 
 #13 issnhl.tw. 
 #14 ssnhl.tw. 
 #15 (sudden adj3 hearing).tw. 
 #16 (sudden adj3 deaf$).tw. 
 #17 or/8‐16 
 #18 TINNITUS/ 
 #19 tinnitus.tw. 
 #20 (ear adj1 (buzz$ or ring$)).tw. #21 or/18‐20 
 #22 17 or 21 
 #23 5 and 22 #1 exp HYPERBARIC OXYGEN/ 
 #2 oxygen$.tw. 
 #3 HBOT.tw. 
 #4 HBO.tw. 
 #5 or/1‐4 
 #6 sshl.tw. 
 #7 snhl.tw. 
 #8 ishl.tw. 
 #9 isshl.tw. 
 #10 issnhl.tw. 
 #11 ssnhl.tw. 
 #12 (sudden adj3 hearing).tw. 
 #13 (sudden adj3 deaf$).tw. 
 #14 or/6‐13 
 #15 TINNITUS/ 
 #16 tinnitus.tw. 
 #17 15 or 16 
 #18 5 and (14 or 17)
Cochrane ENT Disorders Group Trials Register PubMed Web of Science/BIOSIS Previews (Web of Knowledge) ICTRP
(hyperbaric OR hbo* OR oxygen* OR o2) AND (sudden OR sshl OR snhl OR ishl OR isshl OR issnhl OR ssnhl OR tinnit*) #1 "Hyperbaric Oxygenation"[Mesh] 
 #2 hyperbaric [tiab] OR HBOT [tiab] 
 #3 #1 OR #2 
 #4 "Hearing Disorders"[Mesh] 
 #5 sudden* [tiab] 
 #6 #4 AND #5 
 #7 (sudden AND (hearing [tiab] OR deaf* [tiab] OR hypoacusis [tiab])) 
 #8 sshl [tiab] OR snhl [tiab] OR ishl [tiab] OR isshl [tiab] OR issnhl [tiab] OR ssnhl [tiab] 
 #9 "Tinnitus"[Mesh] 
 #10 tinnit* [tiab] 
 #11 (ear [ti] AND (buzz* [ti] or ring* [ti] OR roar* [ti] OR click* [ti] OR puls* [ti])) 
 #12 #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 
 #13 #3 AND #12 #1 TS=(hyperbaric OR hbot OR oxygen* OR o2) 
 #2 TS=(tinnit*) 
 #3 TS=(hearing or deaf* or sshl OR snhl OR ishl OR isshl OR issnhl OR ssnhl) 
 #4 #3 OR #2 
 #5 #4 AND #1 sudden AND hyperbaric OR sudden AND hbo* OR hearing AND hyperbaric OR hearing AND hbo* OR hearing AND oxygen* OR tinnitus AND hyperbaric OR tinnitus AND hbo* OR tinnitus AND oxygen*