Table I. Socio–demographic characteristics and audiometric derived measure of hearing thresholds (PTA) of the two samples (NH and HL).
| NH (n = 96) | HL (n = 73) | Statistics | Df | p | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 46 (48.0%) | 41 (48.0%) | Χ 2 = 0.000 | 1 | 0.997 |
| Female | 50 (52.0%) | 53 (52.0%) | |||
| Age (yrs) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 47.1 (8.9) | 46.0 (9.1) | t = – 1.1 | 180 | 0.272 |
| Education (yrs) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 12.1 (6.3) | 11.2 (5.0) | t = 0.427 | 180 | 0.670 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Professional | 49 (51%) | 37 (51%) | |||
| Non–professional | 47 (49%) | 36 (49%) | = 0.002 | 1 | 0.543 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married or cohabiting | 71 (74%) | 54 (74%) | Χ 2 = 0.78 | 1 | 0.87 |
| Single | 25 (26%) | 19 (26%) | |||
| PTA (dB HL) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 15.5 (3.8) | 39.6 (7.6) | t = – 29 | 201 | < 0.000 |