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Objective: The primary objective of this study was to assess possible sex-related differences in AIED treatment. The secondary aim was to assess the long-term outcomes of treatment using pre- and post-treatment audiometry and speech discrimination scores.
Methods: Adult patients with a diagnosis of AIED who were treated for their condition at the senior author's (RTS) practice from 2010 to 2022 were included in this study. Patients were grouped as males or females for further analysis and comparison. Data included past medical history, medication use, surgical history and social history. Air-conduction thresholds (500 to 8000 Hz) were collected and averaged into discrete variables for pre- and post-treatment. The change (∆) and percent change (%∆) of these variables following therapy were analyzed. Speech discrimination score (SDS) testing results were taken at the same time points as pure tone averages, and patients were sub-stratified based on evidence of improvement in SDS and compared accordingly.
Results: One hundred eighty-four patients (78 male/106 female) were included in this study. The mean age of the male participants was 57.18 ± 15.92 years, and the mean age of the female participants was 53.49 ± 16.04 years (p = 0.220). Comorbid autoimmune disease (AD) was more prevalent in females than in males (38.7 % vs. 16.7 %, p = 0.001). Of the patients treated with oral steroids, females received significantly more courses than males (2.554 ± 2.078 vs. 1.946 ± 1.301, p = 0.020). However, the average duration of oral steroids used per trial did not differ significantly between males and females (21.02 ± 18.05 vs. 20.62 ± 7.49, p = 0.135). Audiological results demonstrated that the change (∆) in pure tone average (PTA) at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz (-4.21 ± 6.394 vs. -3.91 ± 6.105) and high-frequency pure tone average (HFPTA) at 4, 6, and 8 kHz (-4.55 ± 6.544 vs. -2.19 ± 6.842) was not significantly different between the sexes following treatment (p = 0.376 and p = 0.101, respectively). Similarly, the percentage change (%∆) in PTA (-13.17 % vs. -15.01 %) and HFPTA (-8.50 % vs. -6.76 %) also did not differ significantly between males and females (p = 0.900 and p = 0.367, respectively). One hundred-five (57.1 %) patients qualified for the SDS improvement subgroup for analysis, with 50 (47.6 %) being male and 55 (51.9 %) being female (p = 0.159). The change (∆) in SDS (15.12 ± 21.159 vs. 10.62 ± 19.206) and the percentage change (%∆) in SDS (16.71 % vs. 12.40 %) also showed no significant difference between male and female patients (p = 0.312 and p = 0.313, respectively).
Conclusion: AIED is not a uniform condition regarding clinical presentation, audiological findings or progression, nor is its treatment straightforward. The utilization and duration of cytotoxic medications, as well as PTA and SDS findings, did not differ between the sexes. However, significantly more courses of oral steroids were prescribed to females than males. Sex as a biological variable and its implications in the pathogenesis and treatment of AIED warrant further study.
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