Table 5.

The prevalence AHFNIHL (% Loss) among male workers exposed to non-G and G noise by 5-dB strata of unadjusted and kurtosis-adjusted CNE. The prevalence was calculated by using the worse ear.

Unadjusted CNE*							Kurtosis-Adjusted CNE*
CNE*	Complex noise			Gaussian noise			CNE*	Complex noise			Gaussian noise
	N1	N2	%Loss**	N1	N2	%Loss**		N1	N2	%Loss**	N1	N2	%Loss**
85∼	6	0	0	-	-	-	85∼	3	0	0	-	-	-
90∼	11	1	9.1	-	-	-	90∼	7	0	0	-	-	-
95∼	33	11	33.3	4	1	25.0	95∼	10	1	10.0	4	1	25.0
100∼	45	27	60.0	9	4	44.4	100∼	26	7	26.9	8	3	37.5
105∼	51	34	66.7	19	8	42.1	105∼	38	20	52.6	19	9	47.4
110∼	22	19	86.4	15	12	80.0	110∼	44	29	65.9	16	12	75.0
115∼	7	7	100	35	33	94.3	115∼	29	25	86.2	35	33	94.3
120∼	3	3	100	-	-	-	120∼	16	15	93.8	-	-	-
125∼	-	-	-	-	-	-	125∼	5	5	100.0	-	-	-
Total	178	102	57.3	82	58	70.7	Total	178	102	57.3	82	58	70.7

* dB(A)•year; ** AHFNIHL %; N₁=total workers in strata; N₂=workers with hearing loss in strata.