The etiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is still unclear. It is a common refractory disease in Otorhinolaryngology. And the prognosis of SSHL is often poor. In recent years, due to the obvious increase in the prevalence of SSHL, more and more scholars have begun to pay attention to SSHL.Clinical treatment methods such as improving inner ear microcirculation, anti-virus, relieving labyrinth edema and hyperbaric oxygen are often used. As a kind of serious disease, SSHL is often closely related to a variety of metabolic disease. At present, clinical studies on SSHL rarely focus on patients with diabetes. In this review, it was analyzed for the clinical characteristics, influencing factors and the progress of corticosteroid treatment in patients with SSNHL accompanied by diabetes. And the future treatment of SSHL was prospected.