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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2021 Sep 15;43(2):582–591. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001126

Table 4.

Air-Bone Gaps by Group and Age Category

Characteristic > 10dBb ≥ 20dBb ≥ 30dBb

Overall 44/102 (43.1%) 22/102 (21.6%) 3/102 (2.9%)
Genotype a
PEX1 – G843D/Null (1/9)
  0.5 kHz 0/1 (0%)
  1.0 kHz 0/1 (0%)
  2.0 kHz 0/1 (0%)
  4.0 kHz 0/1 (0%)
PEX1 – G843D/G843D (9/13)
  0.5 kHz 23/52 (44.2%) 10/52 (19.2%) 2/52 (3.8%)
  1.0 kHz 15/53 (28.3%) 7/53 (13.2%) 1/53 (1.9%)
  2.0 kHz 3/36 (8.3%) 1/36 (2.8%) 1/36 (2.8%)
  4.0 kHz 10/25 (40%) 8/25 (32%) 0/25 (0%)
 Other PEX – Intermediate & Mild (6/17)
  0.5 kHz 1/10 (10%) 0/10 (0%)
  1.0 kHz 2/17 (11.8%) 1/17 (5.9%) 0/17 (0%)
  2.0 kHz 3/13 (23.1%) 2/13 (15.4%) 0/13 (0%)
  4.0 kHz 3/11 (27.3%) 2/11 (18.2%) 0/11 (0%)
 DBPD (3/3)
  0.5 kHz 4/19 (21.1%) 0/19 (0%)
  1.0 kHz 1/20 (5%) 0/20 (0%)
  2.0 kHz 0/20 (0%)
  4.0 kHz 6/19 (31.6%) 1/19 (5.3%) 0/19 (0%)
Age Category
 < 5 yrs. 11/18 (61.1%) 6/18 (33.3%) 2/18 (11.1%)
 5 – 11 yrs. 24/53 (45.3%) 12/53 (22.6%) 0/53 (0%)
 12 – 18 yrs. 6/18 (33.3%) 3/18 (16.7%) 1/18 (5.6%)
 > 18 yrs. 3/13 (23.1%) 1/13 (7.7%) 0/13 (0%)
a

Data indicates (number of patients) within each group with both AC and BC thresholds for air-bone gap calculations.

b

Data indicates number (percentage) of tests with air-bone gaps.