TABLE 3.
Hearing recovery after 2 weeks and 3 months of treatment for severe to profound idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss a .
| Variable | 2‐week follow‐up | 3‐month follow‐up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary group (n = 20) | Salvage group (n = 18) | p value | Primary group (n = 20) | Salvage group (n = 18) | p value | |
| PTA improvement | 34.76 ± 26.07 | 29.65 ± 24.16 | .432 | 44.05 ± 22.07 | 43.35 ± 23.71 | .954 |
| SDS improvement | 36.38 ± 34.13 | 34.35 ± 32.41 | .601 | 47.43 ± 27.72 | 47.53 ± 28.00 | .977 |
| Complete and partial recovery b | 10 (50.0) | 7 (38.9) | .532 | 6 (42.9) | 11 (45.8) | 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.