TABLE 4.
Mean, SD, and rescaled mean feature levels for each primary node profile for the BTE subset (including the total BTE subpopulation) and hearing aid feature
| Branch | C | SP | NR | Ex | WNR | IR | FBM | Dir | NRe | ETE | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| 1 | 9.9 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | |
| 2 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |
| 3 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 7.7 | 2.7 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | |
| Rescaled Mean | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch | C | SP | NR | Ex | WNR | IR | FBM | Dir | NRe | ETE | |||||||||||
| 1 | 0.89 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.55 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.16 | 0.44 | 0.66 | 0.40 | 0.17 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.03 | |||||||||||
Features:
BTE indicates behind-the-ear; C, compression; Dir, directionality; ETE, ear-to-ear communication; Ex, expansion; FBM, active feedback management; IR, impulse (noise) reduction; NR, noise reduction; NRe, noise reduction environments; SP, sound processing; WNR, wind noise reduction.