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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2013 Sep;34(5):610–618. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31828a21b3

TABLE 3.

Summary of reference limits and bootstrap mean interval widths and standard errors for transformed and untransformed distortion product otoacoustic emissions levels

Scale Method Lower Upper Mean Reference
Interval Width
Standard Error of Mean
Reference Interval Width
Original Percentile −2.50 4.80 4.7 1.7
VD −3.59 3.59 3.5 0.6
VSEM −3.57 3.57 3.4 0.6
VM −3.61 3.61 3.0 0.5
VAdjusted −3.49 3.49 3.0 0.5
Transformed Percentile −2.62 5.37 4.6 1.3
VD −3.44 3.44 3.3 0.5
VSEM −3.40 3.40 3.3 0.5
VM −3.45 3.45 2.9 0.5
VAdjusted −3.34 3.34 2.8 0.4

VD, variance of observed shifts; VM, variance using the model-based approach; VSEM, variance based on the standard error of measurement.