| abstract |
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, containing sarpogrelate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, for preventing, alleviating, or treating sensorineural hearing loss. The sarporgrelate according to the present invention protects against hearing loss caused by noise through the suppression of auditory cell apoptosis and the expression increase of antioxidant enzyme in auditory cells, and thus can be advantageously used in the prevention and alleviation of sensorineural hearing loss. |