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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 2 Pretreatment, post-treatment and gain of PTA in dB in both groups

From: Intratympanic injection of dexamethasone 4 mg/mL versus 10 mg/mL for management of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

PTA in dB

IT Dex 4 mg/mL (N = 15)

IT Dex 10 mg/mL (N = 15)

p value

Pretreatment

76.92 ± 11.89

75.5 ± 12.59

0.7536 (NS)

Post-treatment

59.27 ± 19.10

49 ± 24.04

 

Improvement

17.65 ± 8.36

26.50 ± 14.25

0.047#

Gain of PTA ≥20

6/15 (40%)

9/15 (60%)

0.215 (NS)

  1. Proportions were compared with Fisher’s exact test. Means were compared with t test
  2. p value > 0.05, statistically not significant (NS)
  3. #p value < 0.05 statistically significant
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