TABLE 5.
Mean, SD, and rescaled mean (res M) feature levels for all BTE modalities and the complete BTE subset
| C | SP | NR | Ex | WNR | IR | FBM | Dir | NRe | ETE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | ||||||||||
| M | 7.68 | 11.89 | 4.85 | 2.83 | 2.35 | 2.72 | 3.79 | 3.73 | 4.65 | 1.64 |
| SD | 2.66 | 5.29 | 2.33 | 1.22 | 0.98 | 1.49 | 1.63 | 1.11 | 2.39 | 0.77 |
| res M | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.52 | 0.32 |
| A | ||||||||||
| M | 10.04 | 13.91 | 6.02 | 2.59 | 2.67 | 4.12 | 3.87 | 3.88 | 5.22 | 1.88 |
| SD | 1.20 | 3.27 | 1.49 | 1.07 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 1.10 | 0.72 | 2.20 | 0.66 |
| res M | 0.90 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 0.78 | 0.57 | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.44 |
| B | ||||||||||
| M | 9.95 | 16.43 | 4.42 | 3.71 | 2.61 | 3.12 | 6.00 | 3.52 | 5.57 | 1.68 |
| SD | 0.67 | 3.04 | 1.07 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 1.08 | 0 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.47 |
| res M | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.49 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.34 |
| C | ||||||||||
| M | 8.43 | 12.7 | 7.97 | 4.13 | 2.86 | 3.03 | 5.50 | 4.43 | 6.07 | 1.90 |
| SD | 1.89 | 4.29 | 0.40 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.73 | 0.67 | 0.51 | 2.48 | 0.85 |
| res M | 0.74 | 0.62 | 1.00 | 0.79 | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.72 | 0.45 |
| D | ||||||||||
| M | 11.00 | 16.47 | 6.44 | 3.13 | 2.80 | 4.26 | 3.94 | 4.76 | 6.58 | 2.91 |
| SD | 0 | 1.99 | 1.82 | 1.43 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.60 | 0.43 | 1.26 | 0.29 |
| res M | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.95 |
| E | ||||||||||
| M | 6.33 | 9.87 | 4.73 | 2.91 | 2.08 | 1.87 | 3.86 | 3.85 | 2.73 | 1.34 |
| SD | 1.15 | 4.08 | 1.76 | 1.22 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 1.29 | 0.75 | 2.43 | 0.52 |
| res M | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.36 | 0.22 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.25 | 0.17 |
| F | ||||||||||
| M | 9.07 | 16.61 | 3.05 | 2.92 | 2.25 | 1.32 | 4.39 | 2.89 | 3.71 | 1.01 |
| SD | 0.31 | 3.12 | 0.88 | 0.72 | 0.94 | 0.67 | 1.51 | 1.34 | 1.88 | 0.12 |
| res M | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.01 |
| G | ||||||||||
| M | 7.03 | 9.25 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 1.93 | 1.88 | 1.99 | 3.41 | 3.72 | 1.49 |
| SD | 1.41 | 3.83 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 0.87 | 0.52 | 0.10 | 1.07 | 2.21 | 0.79 |
| res M | 0.60 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.39 | 0.24 |
| H | ||||||||||
| M | 5.03 | 16.00 | 5.07 | 2.00 | 2.21 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.27 | 7.00 | 1.51 |
| SD | 1.09 | 0 | 3.04 | 0 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | 0.54 | 0 | 0.55 |
| res M | 0.40 | 0.79 | 0.58 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.25 |
| I | ||||||||||
| M | 3.78 | 4.13 | 3.31 | 2.18 | 1.94 | 2.58 | 2.69 | 2.71 | 3.43 | 1.06 |
| SD | 0.67 | 0.88 | 1.86 | 0.86 | 0.75 | 1.32 | 1.27 | 1.22 | 1.47 | 0.24 |
| res M | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.03 |
Legend for index noncompound variables: (1) feature not present, (2) low potential, (3) intermediate potential, (4) high potential. Directionality: (1) no directionality, (2) fixed directionality, (3) automatic directionality, (4) adaptive directionality, (5) beam forming directionality. Ear-to-ear communication compound: (1) no ear-to-ear communication; (2) feature sync; (3) sound streaming. 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.