Changes in Quality of Life Among Patients With Far-Advanced Otosclerosis After Stapes Surgery

08 April 2026 : Clinical Research

Agnieszka Wiatr

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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951694

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951694

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Table 2 Values of air conduction threshold, bone conduction threshold, and air-bone gap after stapedotomy across analyzed time intervals.

	Analyzed time interval	n	Threshold values
	Analyzed time interval	n	Mean	SD	Me	Min	Max
BC (dB)	3 months after stapedotomy	18	74.8	7.8	75.1	63.8	89.4
	6 months after stapedotomy	18	75.9	7.3	77.5	65.5	88.7
	12 months after stapedotomy	18	75.8	6.4	74.0	65.5	88.7
AC (dB)	Before surgery	20	88.4	2.6	88.0	82.6	92.5
	3 months after stapedotomy	18	77.4	10.0	75.8	65.4	101.0
	6 months after stapedotomy	18	79.1	7.3	80.0	65.5	90.0
	12 months after stapedotomy	18	80.4	8.1	80.4	65.5	94.1
ABG (dB)	3 months after stapedotomy	18	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.6	11.6
	6 months after stapedotomy	18	3.2	1.7	3.2	0	7.4
	12 months after stapedotomy	18	4.7	1.2	5.0	0	5.4
BC – bone conduction threshold; AC – air conduction threshold; ABG – air-bone gap; dB – decibel; n – number of patients; SD – standard deviation; Me – median; Min – minimum; Max – maximum.

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