Table 6. Norms and reliability of the intensity items for the 37 S-Five-T sounds.
| Trigger sounds | mean (sd) |
median (Q1-Q3) |
mode (min-max) |
Average gender difference‡ |
age rho |
Psi (95% CI) |
ICC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal eating sounds | 0.90 (1.8) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–10) | -0.2 (0.1) | -0.1 | 0.74 (0.72,1) | 0.84 |
| Certain letter sounds | 0.30 (1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–10) | -0.1 (0.1) | -0.1 | 0.69 (0.67,1) | 0.82 |
| Mushy foods | 1.27 (2.2) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–10) | -0.1 (0.2) | **-0.2 | 0.74 (0.71,1) | 0.84 |
| Sound of clipping nails | 1.16 (2.0) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–10) | *-0.6 (0.1) | 0 | 0.77 (0.75,1) | 0.85 |
| Swallowing | 0.71 (1.7) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–10) | -0.2 (0.1) | **-0.2 | 0.73 (0.71,1) | 0.83 |
| Keyboard tapping | 0.88 (1.7) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–10) | -0.1 (0.1) | 0 | 0.74 (0.72,1) | 0.84 |
| Lip smacking | 1.66 (2.3) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.5 (0.2) | **-0.2 | 0.78 (0.75,1) | 0.85 |
| Normal breathing | 0.23 (1.0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–9) | 0 (0.1) | **-0.1 | 0.67 (0.67,1) | 0.82 |
| Repetitive engine | 2.14 (2.3) | 2 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | 0 (0.2) | 0 | 0.79 (0.76,1) | 0.85 |
| Blocked nose | 2.67 (2.4) | 2 (0–4) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.5 (0.2) | **-0.2 | 0.80 (0.77,1) | 0.86 |
| Mobile phone | 1.48 (2.0) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | 0 (0.2) | *0.1 | 0.76 (0.74,1) | 0.84 |
| Repetitive coughing | 2.84 (2.4) | 2 (1–5) | 0 (0–10) | -0.1 (0.2) | 0 | 0.79 (0.77,1) | 0.85 |
| Humming | 1.46 (2.1) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–9) | -0.2 (0.2) | 0 | 0.77 (0.75,1) | 0.85 |
| Repetitive sniffing | 3.28 (2.6) | 3 (1–5) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.6 (0.2) | 0 | 0.83 (0.80,1) | 0.87 |
| Snoring | 3.54 (3.0) | 3 (0–6) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.9 (0.2) | 0 | 0.83 (0.81,1) | 0.87 |
| Certain accents | 0.97 (1.9) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–10) | *0.3 (0.1) | 0.1 | 0.73 (0.70,1) | 0.83 |
| Whistling sound | 1.30 (2.1) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–10) | -0.2 (0.2) | 0 | 0.76 (0.74,1) | 0.84 |
| Tapping | 1.99 (2.4) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | *-0.4 (0.2) | 0 | 0.81 (0.79,1) | 0.86 |
| Rustling plastic or paper | 0.99 (1.9) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–10) | 0 (0.1) | -0.1 | 0.76 (0.74,1) | 0.84 |
| Chewing gum | 3.31 (2.8) | 3 (1–5) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.5 (0.2) | 0 | 0.79 (0.77,1) | 0.85 |
| Footsteps | 0.50 (1.5) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–10) | 0.1 (0.1) | **-0.2 | 0.71 (0.69,1) | 0.83 |
| Hiccups | 0.67 (1.5) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–9) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0 | 0.75 (0.72,1) | 0.84 |
| Slurping | 2.99 (2.6) | 3 (1–5) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.8 (0.2) | 0 | 0.80 (0.78,1) | 0.86 |
| Cutlery | 2.87 (2.9) | 2 (0–5) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.6 (0.2) | **-0.2 | 0.81 (0.78,1) | 0.86 |
| Sneezing | 0.99 (1.9) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–10) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0 | 0.74 (0.72,1) | 0.84 |
| Certain words | 1.13 (2.1) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–10) | 0 (0.2) | *0.1 | 0.75 (0.73,1) | 0.84 |
| Kissing | 0.58 (1.6) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.4 (0.1) | **-0.2 | 0.72 (0.7,1) | 0.83 |
| Joint cracking | 1.83 (2.5) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.9 (0.2) | *0.1 | 0.80 (0.77,1) | 0.86 |
| Muffled sounds | 2.16 (2.5) | 2 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | 0.2 (0.2) | 0 | 0.79 (0.76,1) | 0.85 |
| Throat clearing | 1.89 (2.4) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | *-0.4 (0.2) | 0 | 0.78 (0.75,1) | 0.85 |
| Baby crying | 2.78 (2.8) | 2 (0–5) | 0 (0–10) | 0 (0.2) | **-0.2 | 0.83 (0.80,1) | 0.87 |
| Repetitive barking | 3.63 (2.8) | 3 (1–6) | 0 (0–10) | -0.2 (0.2) | *0.1 | 0.81 (0.79,1) | 0.86 |
| Loud chewing | 4.21 (3.0) | 4 (2–6) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.8 (0.2) | *-0.1 | 0.84 (0.82,1) | 0.87 |
| Clock ticking | 1.02 (2.0) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–10) | -0.1 (0.2) | *-0.1 | 0.77 (0.74,1) | 0.84 |
| Crunching | 1.29 (2.2) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–10) | -0.2 (0.2) | *-0.1 | 0.78 (0.75,1) | 0.85 |
| Teeth sucking | 2.06 (2.5) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–10) | **-0.5 (0.2) | 0 | 0.80 (0.78,1) | 0.86 |
| Yawning | 0.44 (1.3) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–9) | -0.1 (0.1) | 0 | 0.72 (0.7,1) | 0.83 |
sd standard deviation; Q1 Q3 first and third quartile; rho: Spearman’s correlation coefficient; ICC intraclass correlation coefficient; Psi coefficient and 95% confidence intervals
*p<0.05
**p<0.01; ‡ mean difference (se) male vs female comparison, p-value via Mann Whitney test.