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Published in final edited form as: Acta Otolaryngol. 2011 Dec 18;132(1):51–63. doi: 10.3109/00016489.2011.617778

Table 1.

Mean and percentiles for contralateral acoustic stapedius reflex thresholds (ASRT) in dB hearing level (HL) and sensation level (SL) [level above the hearing threshold] for a 2000 Hz stimulus activator in mercury-exposed Andean children (n = 39 ears) and adults (n = 53 ears) Standard deviation values are shown in parentheses.

	ASRT (dB HL)		ASR SL (dB)
	Children	Adults	Children	Adults
Mean	92.9 (6.1)	90.0 (6.4)	80.6 (8.1)	67.3 (16.8)
10^th Percentile	85.0	85.0	70.0	37.0
25^th Percentile	90.0	85.0	76.2	60.0
50^th Percentile	95.0	90.0	80.0	70.0
75^th Percentile	95.0	95.0	85.0	80.0
90^th Percentile	100.0	95.0	90.0	85.0