Table III. SCL–90–R subscale scores and Global Severity Index in the normal hearing (NH) and hearing–impaired (HI) groups.

SCL–90	NH (n = 109)	HI (n = 94)	Test	p
	Mean SD	Mean SD	Wilcoxon
Global Severity Index	0.42 (0.32)	0.50 (0.30)	W = 10134	0.021 *
Somatization	0.46 (0.29)	0.49 (0.30)	W = 10849	0.519
Obsessive–Compulsive	0.49 (0.30)	0.50 (0.29)	W = 9583	0.991
Interpersonal Sensitivity	0.48 (0.28)	0.60 (0.33)	W = 9702	0.001 **
Depression	0.50 (0.31)	0.68 (0.29)	W = 9187	< 0.000 **
Anxiety	0.48 (0.27)	0.56 (0.28)	W = 10161	0.022 *
Hostility	0.45 (0.30)	0.54 (0.29)	W = 10203	0.028 *
Phobic anxiety	0.27 (0.26)	0.38 (0.29)	W = 9943	0.005 **
Paranoid ideation	0.42 (0.28)	0.41 (0.27)	W = 9552	0.932
Psychoticism	0.24 (0.18)	0.23 (0.16)	W = 9571	0.911

Significance level: (*) p < 0.05, (**) p < 0.005