Research Article

Effects of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery on Auditory Function: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Comparison between pre- and postoperative mean values on pure tone audiometry.

Right ear valueLeft ear value
Mean (before)Mean (after)SD (before)SD (after)Mean (before)Mean (after)SD (before)SD (after)

PTA1 (dB HL)24.4424.335.594.960.4424.1124.225.344.950.53
PTA2 (dB HL)31.7832.946.125.464.58***31.2832.836.186.184.47***
SRT (dB HL)27.1227.294.564.910.4327.3427.544.784.920.77
SDS (%)88.1388.263.93.870.2189.1289.092.863.860.27

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