Table 3. Correlation coefficients of hearing aid benefits on localization and speech perception.

Variable			Age (years)	Pure-tone threshold in better ear (dB HL)	Unaided SRD (rpo)	Unaided TMD (dB)
Localization (negative value of device benefit indicates positive benefit from wearing a device)
RMSE	CROS benefit	R	−0.391	−0.518*	0.441*	−0.516*
		P	0.080	0.016	0.045	0.017
	BAHA benefit	R	0.368	0.579**	−0.515*	0.482*
		P	0.101	0.006	0.017	0.027
Consonant test (positive value of device benefit indicates positive benefit from wearing a device)
In a quiet environment	CROS benefit	R	0.393	0.544*	−0.516*	0.589**
		P	0.078	0.011	0.017	0.005
	BAHA benefit	R	0.051	−0.155	−0.008	0.126
		P	0.827	0.502	0.971	0.585
In a steady noise environment	CROS benefit	R	0.126	−0.153	−0.107	0.490*
		P	0.586	0.509	0.645	0.024
	BAHA benefit	R	0.032	−0.198	−0.015	0.077
		P	0.891	0.390	0.947	0.739
In a modulated noise environment	CROS benefit	R	0.182	0.121	−0.379	0.312
		P	0.430	0.601	0.091	0.168
	BAHA benefit	R	0.133	0.030	−0.384	0.278
		P	0.565	0.898	0.086	0.222
K-HINT (negative value of device benefit indicates positive benefit from wearing a device)
Summation	CROS benefit	R	−0.184	−0.314	−0.066	0.014
		P	0.424	0.166	0.777	0.951
	BAHA benefit	R	0.029	−0.149	−0.116	0.076
		P	0.902	0.520	0.618	0.744
Squelch	CROS benefit	R	−0.425	−0.300	0.558**	−0.352
		P	0.055	0.187	0.009	0.118
	BAHA benefit	R	0.088	0.130	0.170	−0.095
		P	0.705	0.573	0.461	0.683
Head shadow	CROS benefit	R	0.569**	0.200	−0.489*	0.429
		P	0.007	0.384	0.025	0.052
	BAHA benefit	R	−0.060	−0.268	−0.028	0.129
		P	0.797	0.241	0.904	0.577

Asterisks indicate a statistically significant difference (* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01).