Table 3.

Mean values and standard deviations of the APHAB subscale of the participants with and without hearing aids.

	Mean ± SD with hearing aids	Mean ± SD without hearing aids	P-value
Overall averages	2.38 ± 0.57	4.12 ± 1.02	0.026 *
Ease of communication	2.84 ± 1.1	5.40 ± 1.42	0.001 *
Background noise	2.19 ± 0.9	5.21 ± 1.14	0.001 *
Reverberation or echo	3.01 ± 1.14	3.57 ± 1.03	0.078
Aversiveness	5.42 ± 1.04	4.10 ± 1.57	0.015 *

SD: Standard deviation;

^*p < 0.05