Table 5.
TEOAE results of the left and right ear separately.
| Frequency [kHz] |
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| 1 |
1.4 |
2 |
2.8 |
4 |
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| Mean | SD | p-Value | Mean | SD | p-Value | Mean | SD | p-Value | Mean | SD | p-Value | Mean | SD | p-Value | ||
| Right ear | LongCOVID (n = 71) | 4.5 | 10.7 | 0.53 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 0.96 | 13.1 | 9.8 | 0.94 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 0.33 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 0.62 |
| ExCOVID (n = 6) | 5.8 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 4.7 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 14.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | ||||||
| NoCOVID (n = 14) | 7.6 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 8.2 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Left ear | LongCOVID (n = 93) | 9.2 | 7.2 | 0.09 | 16.4 | 5.9 | 0.12 | 16.3 | 5.9 | 0.19 | 15.3 | 5.9 | 0.011 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 0.032 |
| ExCOVID (n = 9) | 4.3 | 6.1 | 14.7 | 4.9 | 15.8 | 6.3 | 13.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.9 | ||||||
| NoCOVID (n = 18) | 9.2 | 8.6 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 18.8 | 7.1 | 19.8 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 6.5 | ||||||
SD = standard deviation; p < 0.05 = statistically significant difference between groups.
1
Post hoc Wilcox-test (Bonferroni adjusted): Long COVID vs. Ex COVID p = 1, Ex COVID vs. No COVID p = 0.130; Long COVID vs. No COVID p = 0.063.
2
Post hoc Wilcox-test (Bonferroni adjusted): Long COVID vs. Ex COVID p = 0.065, Ex COVID vs. No COVID p = 0.046; Long COVID vs. No COVID p = 1.0.