Table 2.
Comparison of hearing outcome between the groups for different frequencies
| Air conduction pure tone threshold (KHz) | Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | P-value | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | P-value* | |
| 0.25 | 22.10 ± 9.69 | 18.41 ± 8.23 | < 0.001 | 21.90 ± 9.30 | 17.90 ± 7.50 | < 0.001 |
| 0.5 | 24.70 ± 7.79 | 18.33 ± 6.97 | < 0.001 | 23.20 ± 6.98 | 18.40 ± 5.75 | < 0.001 |
| 1 | 27.32 ± 6.00 | 22.10 ± 5.35 | < 0.001 | 26.20 ± 6.43 | 22.10 ± 5.54 | < 0.001 |
| 2 | 33.90 ± 5.47 | 28.7 ± 5.60 | < 0.001 | 32.10 ± 6.23 | 26.70 ± 5.77 | < 0.001 |
| 4 | 48.40 ± 6.58 | 38.40 ± 7.32 | < 0.001 | 46.40 ± 7.21 | 36.10 ± 7.58 | < 0.001 |
| 8 | 59.40 ± 8.24 | 45.70 ± 8.45 | < 0.001 | 60.10 ± 8.60 | 46.30 ± 9.24 | < 0.001 |
| PTA | 35.96 ± 4.83 | 28.60 ± 4.55 | < 0.001 | 34.98 ± 4.73 | 27.91 ± 4.31 | < 0.001 |
| Group 3 | Group 4 | |||||
| Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | P-value | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | P-value* | |
| 0.25 | 22.60 ± 9.43 | 13.00 ± 6.30 | < 0.001 | 22.50 ± 9.21 | 13.90 ± 5.65 | < 0.001 |
| 0.5 | 23.60 ± 6.39 | 16.40 ± 5.53 | < 0.001 | 23.10 ± 7.20 | 16.00 ± 5.62 | < 0.001 |
| 1 | 27.90 ± 5.54 | 20.30 ± 5.00 | < 0.001 | 26.40 ± 5.71 | 19.30 ± 5.53 | < 0.001 |
| 2 | 33.90 ± 5.27 | 24.50 ± 5.18 | < 0.001 | 32.20 ± 4.81 | 22.90 ± 6.63 | < 0.001 |
| 4 | 45.10 ± 5.57 | 29.70 ± 9.81 | < 0.001 | 46.60 ± 6.26 | 30.10 ± 8.71 | < 0.001 |
| 8 | 59.80 ± 7.28 | 35.60 ± 13.50 | < 0.001 | 61.10 ± 6.58 | 34.60 ± 12.64 | < 0.001 |
| PTA | 35.48 ± 3.83 | 23.25 ± 5.54 | < 0.001 | 35.31 ± 4.19 | 22.96 ± 5.30 | < 0.001 |
*Wilcoxon signed rank test for P value. Hearing intensity thresholds in dBHL