Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of ISSNHL Patients (n=53).

Age, mean in years ± SD (range)	62.8 ± 11.6 (41–89)
Gender, n (%)
Male	29 (54.7)
Female	24 (45.3)
Vertigo, n (%)
Yes	13 (25.0)
No	39 (75.0)
Type of Treatment, n (%)
Oral	8 (15.1)
Combined (Oral and IT)	39 (73.6)
IT	6 (11.3)
Time between symptom and treatment in mean days ± SD (range)	21.3 ± 22.9 (1–90)
Salvage (among combined treatment only), n (%)
Yes (delay)	19 (48.7)
No (concomitant)	20 (51.3)
Salvage treatment delay, in mean days ± SD (range)	4.8 ± 7.7 (0–28)

IT = Intratympanic; ISSNHL = Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss