Table 1.
General characteristics of enrolled participants (n = 31).
Variables | Skilled audiologist (n = 16) | Undergraduate students (n = 15) | p-value |
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Age (years, mean ± SD) | 38.33 ± 4.40 | 22.07 ± 1.58 | < 0.001∗ |
Sex (Male: Female) | 9:7 | 6:9 | 0.366 |
Previous experience of VR device (numbers, %) | |||
No experience | 3 (18.75 %) | 1 (6.67 %) | 0.604 |
Under five times | 12 (75.00 %) | 13 (86.67 %) | |
More than five times | 1 (6.25 %) | 1 (6.67 %) | |
Countless | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | |
Types of VR device used (numbers, %) | |||
Wireless | 10 (47.62 %) | 6 (40.00 %) | 0.598 |
Wired | 4 (19.05 %) | 2 (13.33 %) | |
Attractions | 6 (28.57 %) | 3 (20.00 %) | |
Head-mounted display | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (13.33 %) | |
Others | 1 (4.76 %) | 2 (13.33 %) | |
Depending on glasses (Yes: No) | 7:9 | 2:13 | 0.062 |
Note: Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and number with percentage for categorical variables. VR, virtual reality; PTA, pure-tone audiometry; ∗statistically significant.