Preservation of hearing in partial deafness patients who received two different regimes of corticosteroid therapy following cochlear implantation: one-year observations

The objective of this study was to assess how different modes steroid therapy affect hearing preservation in Partial Deafness Treatment group patients. In study, the consisted 46 (24 women, 22 men; aged 18-78 years) cochlear implant patients divided into 3 subgroups. first subgroup (N = 13), underwent standard intravenous (IV) following implantation. second 16), prolonged treatment with a combination oral and IV corticosteroids. Third 17) control who received no steroids therapy. mean rate 52.1% (SD 36.7) receiving therapy, 71.4% 22.7) 22.1% 33.9) smallest variation observed 9.9 dB. comparison, change 11.7 dB for figure 18.0 A seems be optimal stabilizes thresholds preserves hearing.