Bakhshandeh, Masoomeh
Mohammadi, Payam
Parvaz, Najmeh
Lotfi, Maryam
Joodi, Omid
Najafi, Mohammad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0622-4174
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iran University of Medical Sciences (1403-2-4-30352)
Article History
Received: 9 July 2025
Accepted: 30 October 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) (IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1403.035), and the second Affiliated Hospital of Amir A’lam (Otorhinolaryngology Research Center), which waived the requirement for informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.