Table 4.

Association of continuous and pulsatile tinnitus and trouble hearing complaints with previous ear infections, previous exposure to loud sounds, gender and parents educational level.

	Tinnitus					Hearing trouble
	Yes		No			Yes		No
	n	%	n	%	p-value	n	%	n	%	pvalue
Ear infections					0.1505					0.3238*
No response	17		62			60		22
None	58	29.4	139	70.6		135	68.5	62	31.5
1 to 3	32	23.3	105	76.6		102	74.5	35	25.5
4 or more	14	26.4	39	76.6		31	62.0	19	38.0
Do not know	0	0	9	100		6	66.7	3	3.3
Number of types of exposures to loud sounds					0.0007					0.0170*
0	11	11.6	84	88.4		62	80.5	15	19.5
1	33	26.8	112	77.2		77	65.2	41	34.8
2	44	31.7	95	68.3		87	63.5	50	36.5
3 or more	33	34.4	63	65.6		108	75.5%	35	24.5%
Gender					0.0576					0.0732
Female	64	29.6	152	70.4		143	42.8%	73	51.8%
Male	57	22.0	202	78.0		191	57.2%	68	48.2%
Parents' educational level					0.3056					0.2910
No response	21		63			59		25
Elementary uncompleted	23	23.7	74	76.3		66	68	31	32
Elementary completed	12	27.9	31	72.1		27	62.8	16	37.2
High school	46	29.9	108	70.1		107	69.5	47	30.5
Bachelor and graduation	19	19.6	78	80.4		75	77.3	22	22.7

Chi-Square Test

^*Fisher's Exact Test.