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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Otol Neurotol. 2009 Feb;30(2):153–159. doi: 10.1097/mao.0b013e3181925025

TABLE 2.

Preoperative pure-tone air-conduction thresholds for 9 listeners

Listener no. Dominant Low ear PTA Frequency, Hz
250 500 1000 2000 4000
1 R 120 NR NR NR NR NR
L* 90 90 90 90 85 110
2 R* 83 80 80 90 NR NR
L 108 100 105 NR NR NR
3 R* 85 60 95 100 95 105
L 93 65 95 NR NR NR
4 R 78 50 75 110 NR NR
L* 72 40 70 105 NR NR
5 R 73 30 90 100 NR NR
L* 63 20 70 100 NR NR
6 R 78 55 85 95 NR NR
L* 75 50 80 95 110 NR
7 R 97 85 95 110 120 120
L* 97 85 95 110 115 NR
8 R* 67 40 60 100 120 NR
L 73 40 70 110 NR NR
9 R* 58 20 45 110 110 115
L 80 50 80 110 110 NR

The “better ear” was identified based on the low-frequency PTA and is indicated with asterisks for each listener.

L indicates left; PTA, pure-tone average; R, right; NR, no response.