Table 5 Number and rate of recovery of patients according to Siegel’s criteria in Group A and B & Group C and D.

From: The therapeutic effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in patients with severe to profound idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Siegel’s criteria type

Group A

(Oral steroid + HBOT)

(n = 17)

Group B

(Oral steroid)

(n = 10)

p-value

I

4 (23.5%)

2 (20.0%)

1.000c

I + II

9 (52.9%)

4 (40.0%)

0.516c

I + II + III

14 (82.4%)

8 (80.0%)

0.879c

IV

3 (17.6%)

2 (20.0%)

1.000c

Siegel’s criteria type

Group C

(Oral steroid + ITS + HBOT)

(n = 37)

Group D

(Oral steroid + ITS)

(n = 49)

p-value

I

6 (16.2%)

15 (30.6%)

0.124d

I + II

14 (37.8%)

18 (36.7%)

1.000d

I + II + III

25 (67.6%)

33 (67.3%))

1.000d

IV

12 (32.4%)

16 (32.7%)

0.983d

  1. Data are presented as number (%).
  2. I. Complete recovery, II. Partial recovery, III. Slight improvement, IV. No improvement.
  3. HBOT, Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; ITS, Intratympanic steroids.
  4. cp-value were calculated by Fisher’s exact test.
  5. dp-value were calculated by Chi-square test.
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