Table 1.
General health/hearing health characteristics.
| Male n=34 (39.1%) |
Female n=53 (69.1%) |
All Subjects n=87 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 21.4 yrs±2.4yrs Range=18–29 yrs |
21.7 yrs±2.6yrs Range=18–29 yrs |
21.6 yrs±2.5yrs Range=18–29 yrs |
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| Height (feet) | 5.8 ft ±0.3 ft Range=5.2–6.4 ft |
5.4 ft ±0.3 ft Range=4.9–6 ft |
5.5 ft ±0.3 ft Range=4.9–6.4 ft |
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| Weight (pounds) | 159 lbs±26 lbs Range=120–250 |
140 lbs±33 lbs Range=85–255 |
147 lbs±32 lbs Range=85–255 |
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| Tobacco user (% yes) | 4 (12%) | 1 (2%) | 5 (6%) | |
| Cigarettes | 2 (6%) (plus 1 former) |
1 (2%) | 3 (3%) | |
| Cigars | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | |
| Pipe | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | |
| Chew | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alcohol use (% yes) | 21 (62%) | 25 (47%) | 46 (53%) | |
| 0 drinks/week | 13 (38%) | 28 (53%) | 41 (47%) | |
| 1–5 drinks/week | 17 (50%) | 19 (36%) | 36 (41%) | |
| 6–10 drinks/week | 4 (12%) | 6 (11%) | 10 (12%) | |
| Hearing aids (% yes) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ear pain/Ear ache (% yes, previously) | 3 (9%) | 6 (11%) | 9 (10%) | |
| Ear drainage (% yes, previously) | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | |
| Ear infections (% yes, previously) | 8 (24%) | 12 (23%) | 20 (23%) | |
| Ringing in ears (% yes-currently, % yes-previously) | 2 (6%) 6 (18%) |
0 8 (15%) |
2 (2%, yes-currently) 14 (16%, yes-previously) |
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| Balance Disturbance (% yes, previously) | 1 (3%) | 2 (4%) | 3 (3%) | |
| Seizures (% yes, previously) | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | |
| Freq severe headaches (% yes, previously) | 2 (6%) | 2 (4%) | 4 (5%) | |
| Stroke (% yes, previously) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fainting (% yes, previously) | 0 | 4 (8%) | 4 (5%) | |
| Disorientation (% yes, previously) | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | |
| Parent or Sibling with hearing loss? (% yes) | 2 (6%) | 10 (19%) | 12 (14%) | |
| Have you ever had an ear infection? (% yes) | 18 (53%) | 25 (47%) | 43 (49%); None were within past 3 months | |
| Have you ever had hearing loss? (% yes) | 1 (3%) | 4 (8%) | 5 (6%); all 5 reported “only after loud sound” | |
| Are you overly sensitive to loud sound? (% yes) | 1 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (2%) | |
| Have you ever heard “ringing” in your ears after noise? (% yes) | 21 (62%) | 28 (53%) | 49 (56%) | |
| If yes, does this happen: | Always | 2/21=10% | 1/28=36% | 3/49=6% |
| Often | 4/21=19% | 4/28=24% | 8/49=16% | |
| Occasionally | 4/21=19% | 9/28=32% | 13/49=27% | |
| Rarely | 11/21=52% | 14/28=50% | 25/49=51% | |
| in absence of noise? (% yes) | 8/21=38% | 7/28=25% | 15/49=31% | |