Table 5.
Correlation Between the Degree of Hearing Loss at PTA and the Different Cognitive Domains on the MoCA Scale
| Variables | Degrees of sensorineural hearing loss | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | Profound | ||
| Visuospatial ability | 4.2±0.8 | 4.6±0.5 | 4.2±1 | 3.8±1.1 | 0.009 |
| Denomination | 2.7±0.5 | 2.8±12 | 2.8±0.4 | 2.7±0.4 | 0.047 |
| Memory | 4.3±0.7 | 4.3±0.8 | 4.2±0.9 | 4.3±1.0 | 0.010 |
| Attention | 3.8±1.1 | 4.3±1.1 | 3.8±1.3 | 3.6±1.2 | 0.019 |
| Language | 2.6±0.5 | 2.5±0.7 | 2.6±0.8 | 2.4±0.9 | 0.036 |
| Abstraction | 1.7±0.4 | 2.0±0.7 | 1.6±0.5 | 1.6±0.7 | 0.011 |
| Temporal-spatial orientation | 5.2±0.8 | 5.2±1.1 | 5.2±0.9 | 4.7±1.3 | 0.003 |