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The SST group received prednisolone therapy. The CT group also received ITDI daily. Patients who demonstrated no recovery (&lt;10\u00a0dB) after initial treatment were defined as refractory and received salvage ITDI therapy: ITDI reapplication in the CT group and ITDI application in the SST group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hearing recovery rates were 77.8% (77\/99) in the CT group and 60.8% (79\/130) in the SST group. The difference was statistically significant (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> =. 011). Initial pure\u2010tone audiometry and vertigo were affective factors on hearing recovery rates in the CT group. After salvage therapy, hearing improvement of 10\u00a0dB or greater was noted in 6 of the 22 (27.3%) patients in the CT group and 16 of the 51 (31.4%) patients in the SST group. The difference in efficacy of salvage therapy between the CT and SST groups was simply not significant (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> =. 612).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Combination therapy was more effective for ISSNHL in achieving hearing gain than SST alone. 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