Table 4. Scores for the cohesion elements and reference specifications among hearing-impaired and normal-hearing subjects.
Variables | Hearing-impaired subjects (cases) | Normal-hearing subjects (controls) | P-value* | ||||
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Mean score | Median | Standard deviation | Mean score | Median | Standard deviation | ||
Cohesion elements | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.046 |
Reference scores | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.158 |
Mann-Whitney test.