Early Posttreatment Audiometry Underestimates Hearing Recovery after Intratympanic Steroid Treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Table 3

Average pre- and post-treatment PTA and SDS.

	Pre		Post		Diff^†
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	𝑃-value*
PTA, dB	73	24	56	27	−17	21	<0.001
SDS, %	37	34	49	38	12	30	0.02

^†Difference is post-pre.
* P-values were calculated with a paired t-test.
PTA: pure tone average; SDS: speech discrimination score; dB: decibel.