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<jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>This study presents a case of a patient with sudden hearing loss of a mixed type in both ears.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case report</jats:title><jats:p>A 45-year-old man came to our center for consultation because he had had no improvement in hearing after therapy in another clinic. In our clinic the patient was treated for 2 weeks. During each of his visits to our center, a battery of tests assessing the hearing organ were performed: pure-tone audiometry, impedance audiometry, and absorbance measurement. Decisions concerning the treatments to be applied were agreed between both centers managing the patient. In consecutive visits improvement of hearing was observed.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>As test results showed, treatments with a wider spectrum of action, such as anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs, inhalations with an AMSA inhaler, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy restored the patient’s hearing and eliminated the concurrent ailments he reported during the first visit.</jats:p></jats:sec>