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. 2024 Nov 28;10(24):e40795. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40795

Table 1.

General characteristics of enrolled participants (n = 31).

Variables Skilled audiologist (n = 16) Undergraduate students (n = 15) p-value
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.