ðə pɹəvˈɪʒənəl ɹɪzˈʌlts ʌv ðoʊz stˈʌdiz ˈɪndᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd hˈaɪɚ lˈɛvəlz ʌv dˌiːkəmpɹˈɛʃən sˈɪknəs wɛn ˈɑːɹɡɑːks wʌz jˈuːzd, ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn pjˈʊɹ ˈɑːksɪdʒən; haʊˈɛvɚ, jˈuːzɪŋ pjˈʊɹ ˈɑːksɪdʒən ɪz nˌɑːt ɐn ˈɑːpʃən fɔːɹ dˌiːkəmpɹˈɛʃən æt ðə pɹˈɛʃɚz fɔːɹ wˌɪtʃ ˈɑːɹɡɑːks wʊd biː jˈuːzd ɪn dˈaɪvɪŋ, ænd nˈoʊ dᵻɹˈɛkt kəmpˈæɹɪsən ʌv ˈɑːɹɡɑːn tə nˈaɪtɹədʒən wʌz dˈʌn.
The provisional results of those studies indicated higher levels of decompression sickness when argox was used, rather than pure oxygen; however, using pure oxygen is not an option for decompression at the pressures for which argox would be used in diving, and no direct comparison of argon to nitrogen was done.