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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Audiol. 2014 Jul-Aug;25(7):631–643. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.25.7.2

Table 3.

Pooled Data: Comparison of Responders versus Nonresponders (Continuous Data)

N Mean SD p-value
Demographics
 Age
  Nonresponder 53 62.6 9.8 0.003*
  Responder 36 56.2 9.9
Self-Reported Tinnitus Characteristics
 Self-report of tinnitus loudness
  Nonresponder 49 7.6 1.3 0.15
  Responder 31 8.1 1.6
Psychoacoustic Tinnitus Measurements
 Tinnitus loudness (loudness match)
  Nonresponder 47 60.9 21.6 0.79
  Responder 34 62.3 25.6
 RE MML (SL)
  Nonresponder 42 23.0 20.3 0.85
  Responder 27 24.0 17.3
 LE MML (SL)
  Nonresponder 40 23.5 17.9 0.59
  Responder 27 26.0 18.0
 RI Duration
  Nonresponder 36 64.2 43.6 0.15
  Responder 26 82.5 54.8
Audiometric Measurements/Self-Report Hearing Ability
 RE SRT (dB HL)
  Nonresponder 52 22.7 13.3 0.06
  Responder 33 17.0 13.0
 LE SRT (dB HL)
  Nonresponder 53 21.5 12.4 0.25
  Responder 33 18.4 11.8
 RE PTA Low (0.5, 1, 2 kHz)
  Nonresponder 53 27.2 19.7 0.007*
  Responder 36 16.9 12.9
 LE PTA Low (0.5, 1, 2 kHz)
  Nonresponder 53 25.1 15.5 0.13
  Responder 36 20.1 14.2
 RE PTA High (3, 4, 6, 8 kHz)
  Nonresponder 47 56.6 26.2 0.10
  Responder 35 48.0 18.9
 LE PTA High (3, 4, 6, 8 kHz)
  Nonresponder 46 59.6 22.7 0.14
  Responder 35 52.4 19.4
Physical Health Status
 Number of Health Problems
  Nonresponder 53 2.5 1.8 0.29
  Responder 36 3 2.4
Emotional Health Status
 BDI
  Nonresponder 49 6.1 7.2 0.42
  Responder 31 7.4 6.6
 STAI (Trait)
  Nonresponder 48 40.8 13.8 0.50
  Responder 31 42.9 13.0
 STAI (State)
  Nonresponder 48 40.2 16.5 0.67
  Responder 31 41.7 14.6
*

p ≤ 0.05 (indicated in bold).