Research Article

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio: Novel Markers for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Table 1

Siegel’s criteria of hearing improvement.

TypeHearing recovery

IComplete recoveryPatients whose final hearing level is better than 25 dB regardless of the size of the gain
IIPartial recoveryPatients who show more than 15 dB of gain and whose final hearing level is between 25 and 45 dB
IIISlight recoveryPatients who show more than 15 dB of gain and whose final hearing level is poorer than 45 dB
IVNo improvementPatients who show less than 15 dB of gain