Human versus AI in audiological practice: A comparative evaluation of ChatGPT and physician treatment decisions in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

• Valeria Caragli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Audiology Program, Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Michele Pellegrino,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Audiology Program, Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Luca Pingani,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Department of Integrated Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Azienda USL - IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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• Gian Maria Galeazzi,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Department of Integrated Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Azienda USL - IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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• Davide Soloperto,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Audiology Program, Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Elisabetta Genovese,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Audiology Program, Department of Maternal, Child and Adult Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Cosimo de Filippis,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Phoniatris and Audiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy

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• Gino Marioni,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Phoniatris and Audiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy

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• Leonardo Franz

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: leonardo.franz@unipd.it

  Affiliation Phoniatris and Audiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2306-4088

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