Background Due to its unique advantages, virtual reality rehabilitation (VR) training has been widely used in the field of rehabilitation therapy, but there is a lack of study on its application efficacy in patients with sudden deafness and vertigo. Objective To observe the efficacy of coventional vestibular rehabilitation training and vestibular rehabilitation training assisted by VR technology in patients with sudden deafness and vertigo. Methods From January 2022 to January 2023, 84 patients with sudden deafness and vertigo were selected from the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University and randomly divided into the two groups, with 42 cases in each group. The control group was given drug therapy combined with coventional vestibular rehabilitation training, while the observation group was given vestibular rehabilitation training assisted by VR technology on the basis of drug therapy. The Dizziness Disorder Scale (DHI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were respectively used to evaluate the two groups before intervention, 7 and 14 days after the intervention. Results Finally 81 patients completed the trial, including 41 patients in the observation group and 40 patients in the control group. Group and time had interaction effects on DHI-Function (F), DHI-Emotion (E) and DHI-Physical (P) scores and total DHI score (P0.05) ; DHI sub-scores and total score in both groups after 7 and 14 days of intervention were lower than those before intervention (P0.05). HADS sub-scores and total score in both groups after 7 and 14 days of intervention were lower than those before intervention (P0.05) . Conclusion Vestibular rehabilitation training is effective for patients with sudden deafness and vertigo, and the vestibular rehabilitation training assisted by VR technology can obviously improve patients' balance disorders and quality of life.
