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Systemic steroids are the most common first-line therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), with significant improvement in hearing outcomes in over 60% of patients.

It is unknown why 40% of patients do not respond to systemic steroid therapy. Salvage treatment includes intratympanic steroids (ITS) and hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) therapy, with inconsistent results reported.

This study aimed to compare the results of ITS and HBO therapy in patients with SSNHL that previously failed systemic steroid therapy.

This is a comparative retrospective nonrandomized interventional cohort study, enrolling 126 patients with SSNHL.

Out of these, 35 patients received HBO therapy, 43 patients received ITS, and 48 patients did not receive any second-line therapy (control group).

Pure-tone audiograms were performed before and after the salvage therapy in the IT and HBO groups and at the same time interval in the control group. Study variables included age, time until therapy initiation, tinnitus status, and hearing outcomes, with a cutoff criteria of cumulative >30 dB improvement on all frequencies indicating recovery.