TABLE 2.
Hearing recovery after 2 weeks and 3 months of treatment a .
| Variable | 2‐week follow‐up | 3‐month follow‐up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary group (n = 31) | Salvage group (n = 30) | p value | Primary group (n = 31) | Salvage group (n = 30) | p value | |
| PTA improvement (dB) | 29.9 ± 24.1 | 28.3 ± 21.4 | .734 | 38.5 ± 22.0 | 36.8 ± 22.3 | .762 |
| SDS improvement (%) | 25.9 ± 32.5 | 24.0 ± 27.1 | .761 | 34.3 ± 30.6 | 31.9 ± 27.9 | .659 |
| Complete recovery b | 9 (29.0) | 10 (33.3) | .786 | 14 (45.2) | 17 (56.7) | .446 |
| Partial recovery b | 9 (29.0) | 8 (26.7) | 1.000 | 7 (22.6) | 5 (16.7) | .749 |
| Slight recovery b | 4 (12.9) | 4 (13.3) | 1.000 | 6 (19.4) | 4 (13.3) | .731 |
| No recovery b | 9 (29.0) | 8 (26.7) | 1.000 | 4 (12.9) | 4 (13.3) | 1.000 |
| Complete and partial recovery | 18 (58.1) | 18 (60.0) | 1.000 | 21 (67.7) | 22 (73.3) | .780 |
| Complete, partial, and slight recovery | 22 (71.0) | 22 (73.3) | 1.000 | 27 (87.1) | 26 (86.7) | 1.000 |
Abbreviations: PTA, pure‐tone average; SDS, speech discrimination score.
a
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation values or numbers with percentage values in parentheses.
b
Treatment outcomes were analyzed according to the modified American Academy of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery criteria.