Table 2.
a: (Sub)clinical hearing loss at baseline. b: Incidence of (sub)clinical hearing loss
| a | ||||||
| Gender | Age | DS3 | Type of HL | PTA.5,1,2 (dB HL) | PTA4,8 (dB HL) | PTA10,12,14,16 (dB SPL) |
| Boy | 5 | 6 | Sensorineural (right ear); Conductive (left ear) | 33.3 | 40.0 | Not available |
| Boy | 9 | 4 | Sensorineural | 43.3 | 42.5 | Not available |
| Girl | 13 | 6 | Conductive | 30.0 | 32.5 | 61.7 |
| b | ||||||
| Gender | Age at onset of HL | DS3 | Type of HL | PTA.5,1,2 (dB HL) | PTA4,8 (dB HL) | PTA10,12,14,16 (dB SPL) |
| Boy | 11 | 12 | Sensorineural (two audiograms showed mixed HL) | 63.3 | 52.5 | Not available |
| Girl | 15 | 6 | Sensorineural | 26.7 | 30.0 | 56.3 |
| Girl | 12 | 11 | Mixed | 28.3 | 25.0 | 55.0 |
Hearing loss was defined on the basis of low frequency thresholds (PTA.5,1,2) of the most severely affected ear. HL = hearing loss, DS3 = disease severity scoring system