Table 7.
Baseline demographic and hearing characteristics for participants in the four appointment groups.
| Characteristic | I-I (n = 164) |
G-I (n = 160) |
I-G (n = 159) |
G-G (n = 161) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (% male) |
98.2 | 100.0 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 0.30 |
| Age (mean years ± SD) | 65.2 ± 10.5 | 65.4 ± 11.6 | 66.2 ± 10.6 | 65.3 ± 11.5 | 0.84 |
| Right-ear HF PTA (dB HL ± SD) | 48.8 ± 14.6 | 50.0 ± 15.8 | 48.4 ± 14.5 | 48.9 ± 14.2 | 0.80 |
| Left-ear HF PTA (dB HL ± SD) | 53.0 ± 15.1 | 51.8 ± 14.4 | 53.1 ± 15.0 | 50.9 ± 13.4 | 0.48 |
| Right-ear word recognition (mean % correct ± SD) | 88.7 ± 13.4 | 87.3 ± 13.8 | 90.2 ± 11.0 | 88.1 ± 14.1 | 0.80 |
| Left-ear word recognition (mean % correct ± SD) |
87.5 ± 14.5 | 86.6 ± 12.3 | 86.8 ± 13.6 | 87.1 ± 13.9 | 0.48 |
| Unilateral loss (%) | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.84 |
| Right-ear SNHL (%) | 95.7 | 96.3 | 93.0 | 94.4 | 0.74 |
| Left-ear SNHL (%) | 96.9 | 96.9 | 94.9 | 95.0 | 0.63 |
HF PTA = high-frequency pure-tone average (average of thresholds at 1000, 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz), SD = standard deviation, SNHL = sensorineural hearing loss