Study period | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolment | Allocation | Post-allocation | Close-out | |||||
Timepoint | -t1 | 0 | t1 | t2 | t3 | t4 | t5 | tx |
Enrolment | ||||||||
Eligibility screen | X | |||||||
Informed consent | X | |||||||
Allocation | X | |||||||
Interventions | ||||||||
Ventilation tube insertion | X | |||||||
Sham-treatment | X | |||||||
Assessments | ||||||||
Subjective symptom score-schemea | X | X | X | X | ||||
AAO-HNS functional level scale | X | X | X | X | ||||
Pure-tone and speech audiometry | X | X |