Oral versus Short-Term Intratympanic Prednisolone Therapy for Idiopathic Sudden Hearing Loss

Abstract

The results show a significant efficacy of both steroid therapeutic approaches. There was no significant difference in PTA improvement between the 2 study groups; the short-term IT protocol led to better results in the evaluation of the hearing outcomes (following the criteria of Siegel and Furuhashi et al.) for up- and down-sloping audiometric curves.