TABLE 5.

Comparison of auditory function between affected and contralateral ears.

Audiometric parameter	Affected ear	Contralateral ear	T-value	P-value
Air-conduction threshold (dB HL)
0.5 kHz	45.32 ± 12.69	18.42 ± 6.30	21.481	< 0.001
1 kHz	48.76 ± 13.40	16.70 ± 5.87	24.794	< 0.001
2 kHz	52.34 ± 18.28	19.54 ± 8.43	18.435	< 0.001
4 kHz	55.60 ± 16.37	21.33 ± 7.14	21.710	< 0.001
Bone-conduction threshold (dB HL)
0.5 kHz	22.49 ± 8.30	15.69 ± 8.21	6.590	< 0.001
1 kHz	25.64 ± 9.12	16.31 ± 7.40	8.988	< 0.001
2 kHz	28.30 ± 10.26	17.87 ± 8.69	8.777	< 0.001
4 kHz	31.56 ± 11.44	19.46 ± 6.37	10.455	< 0.001
Speech recognition rate (%)	78.47 ± 12.30	95.63 ± 4.50	14.823	< 0.001