Table 6.
Hearing status in different frequencies according to PTAa test in subgroups of diabetic patients based on duration of diagnosis
| Frequency (Hz) | Hearing status |
Duration of diabetes
|
P-value
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
<10 years
|
≥10 years
|
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| Right ear No. (%) | Left ear No. (%) | Right ear No. (%) | Left ear No. (%) | Right ear | Left ear | ||
| 1,000 | Abnormal | 17 (24.3%) | 10 (14.3%) | 1 (2.9%) | 2 (5.9%) | 0.07 | 0.177 |
| Normal | 53 (75.7%) | 60 (85.7%) | 33 (97.1%) | 32 (94.1%) | |||
| 2,000 | Abnormal | 22 (31.4%) | 20 (28.6%) | 8 (23.5%) | 6 (17.6%) | 0.404 | 0.224 |
| Normal | 48 (68.6%) | 50 (71.4) | 26 (76.5%) | 28 (82.4%) | |||
| 4,000 | Abnormal | 31 (44.3%) | 28 (40%) | 15 (44.1%) | 14 (41.2%) | 0.987 | 0.909 |
| Normal | 39 (55.7%) | 42 (60%) | 19 (55.9%) | 20 (58.8%) | |||
| 10,000 | Abnormal | 25 (35.7%) | 22 (31.4%) | 15 (44.1%) | 13 (38.2%) | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| Normal | 11 (15.7%) | 14 (20%) | 17 (50%) | 19 (55.9%) | |||
| 11,000 | Abnormal | 28 (40%) | 27 (38.6%) | 24 (70.6%) | 24 (70.6%) | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| Normal | 8 (11.4%) | 9 (12.9%) | 8 (23.5%) | 8 (23.5%) | |||
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Pure tone audiometric