Table 6.

Results of Probabilistic Bias Analysis of Hearing Loss Misclassification (n = 1,000 simulations)

Sensitivity of Hearing Classification
Postnatal Cell Phone Use				No postnatal cell phone use				Simulation OR (95% Simulation Interval)
min	m1	m2	max	min	m1	m2	max	Naive Error	Systematic Error	Total Error
0.10	0.25	0.35	0.50	0.10	0.25	0.35	0.50	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.81 [1.29–14.93]	1.83 [1.22–15.23]
0.20	0.35	0.45	0.60	0.10	0.25	0.35	0.50	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.79 [1.28–25.30]	1.79 [1.21–26.55]
0.10	0.25	0.50	0.75	0.10	0.25	0.50	0.75	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.75 [1.28–19.23]	1.76 [1.22–20.46]
0.20	0.35	0.60	0.85	0.10	0.25	0.50	0.75	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.82 [1.27–22.01]	1.81 [1.22–22.38]
0.20	0.35	0.60	0.85	0.20	0.35	0.60	0.85	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.76 [1.28–14.56]	1.76 [1.22–13.86]
0.35	0.45	0.70	0.95	0.20	0.35	0.60	0.85	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.80 [1.27–19.84]	1.80 [1.22–19.10]
0.50	0.65	0.75	0.95	0.50	0.65	0.75	0.95	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.77 [1.27–18.33]	1.77 [1.23–17.70]
0.60	0.75	0.85	0.99	0.50	0.65	0.75	0.95	1.23 [1.07–1.41]	1.78 [1.27–20.86]	1.77 [1.19–20.72]

Assumes trapezoidal distributions for specificity and sensitivity of hearing loss classification where min = minimum, m₁ = mode 1, m₂ = mode 2, max = maximum

Distribution of specificity of hearing classification is the same for all scenarios: min = 0.95, m₁ = 0.97, m₂ = 0.97, max = 1.00