Table 3. Initial audiometric characteristics from 16 affected ears at the time of admission to our service.

Case	Affected Side	Degree of Initial Loss	Initial Audio Curve	Initial SRI (dB)	Initial SRI Monosyllable (%)
1	R	moderate	downward	up to 25	92
2*	L	deep	NA	> 90	0
2*	R	deep	downward	> 90	0
3	L	severe	flat	> 90	0
4	L	deep	U	> 90	0
5*	R	severe	downward	> 90	76
5*	L	moderate	flat	26 to 40	44
6	R	deep	flat	> 90	0
7	R	severe	U	> 90	0
8	R	light	downward	26 to 40	96
9	R	deep	NA	> 90	0

Abbreviations: L, Left; R, Right; SRI, speech recognition index.

* Bilateral cases.