Table 4.

Audiometry results by onset of treatment

	<24-h treatment initiation (N = 70)	>24-h treatment initiation (N = 200)	p value (<0.05)
First audiometry AC, dB
6,000 Hz, average ± SD	31.57±21.78	34.7±21.38	0.295
8,000 Hz, average ± SD	30.57±22.5	31.5±22.65	0.768
First audiometry BC, dB
3,000 Hz, average ± SD	30.88±20.75	26.85±16.44	0.265
4,000 Hz, average ± SD	31.75±18.45	32.3±17.76	0.866
Second audiometry AC, dB
6,000 Hz, average ± SD	17.17±13.9	22.53±16.05	0.009
8,000 Hz, average ± SD	16.3±15.83	20.68±17.15	0.064
Second audiometry BC, dB
3,000 Hz, average ± SD	18.13±10.82	20.98±14.15	0.064
4,000 Hz, average ± SD	16.04±9.32	26.15±15.02	<0.001
AC difference, dB
6,000 Hz, average ± SD	14.711±17.57	12.26±15.82	0.283
8,000 Hz, average ± SD	14.57±17.38	10.88±16.46	0.115
BC difference, dB
3,000 Hz, average ± SD	12.82±17.11	9.42±13.05	0.382
4,000 Hz, average ± SD	13.48±15.18	10.76±14.42	0.43

AC, air conduction; BC, bone conduction.