08 April 2026 : Clinical Research
Changes in Quality of Life Among Patients With Far-Advanced Otosclerosis After Stapes Surgery
Agnieszka Wiatr
ABCDEF 1, Maciej Wiatr ADEFG 1*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951694
Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951694
Table 5 Word recognition score values before and after stapedotomy across analyzed time intervals.
| Analyzed time interval | n* | WRS (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Me | Min | Max | |||
| WRS (%) | Before surgery | 20 | 26.5 | 9.6 | 20.5 | 12.0 | 43.0 |
| 3 months after stapedotomy | 18 | 48.4 | 14.1 | 52.0 | 12.0 | 67.0 | |
| 6 months after stapedotomy | 18 | 47.3 | 13.9 | 45.0 | 12.0 | 67.0 | |
| 12 months after stapedotomy | 18 | 47.8 | 12.3 | 45.0 | 15.0 | 64.0 | |
| WRS – word recognition score (at sound pressure level of 60 dB);% – percent; n – number of patients; SD – standard deviation; Me – median; Min – minimum; Max – maximum. * After surgery, 2 patients were excluded from further analysis because their postoperative air and bone conduction threshold values were not recorded. | |||||||