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. 2022 Aug 31;11(17):5163. doi: 10.3390/jcm11175163

Table 3.

Otoscopy and auditory characteristics in patients’ less affected ear.

Less Affected Ear PCD 1 Group
N = 17		 Control Group
N = 17		 p-Value
Abnormal otoscopy, n (%) 12 (71%) 4 (24%) 0.006
  • −

    OME 2

 6 0
  • −

    COM 3

 5 2 0.01
  • −

    VT 4

 1 2
Hearing loss, median (Q1–Q3) (dB) 17.5 (10–33.75) 8.75 (6.25–13.75) 0.03
Type of hearing loss, n (%)
None 8 (47%) 12 (71%)
Sensorineural 3 (18%) 3 (18%)
Conductive 4 (24%) 2 (12%) 0.49
Mixed 2 (12%) 0
Air-bone gap 250–500 Hz, median (Q1–Q3) 5 (0–17.5) 0 (0–2.5) 0.04
Air-bone gap 1000–2000–4000 Hz, Median (Q1–Q3) 5 (0–10) 0 (0–0) 0.002
SRT 5, median (Q1–Q3) (dB) 25 (20–40) 22 (20–26) 0.10
Intelligibility 100%, median (Q1–Q3) 40 (30–55) 30 (25–40) 0.02
Hearing thresholds:
500 Hz, median (Q1–Q3) 15 (10–25) 10 (10–15) 0.50
1000 Hz, median (Q1–Q3) 15 (10–20) 5 (5–10) 0.03
2000 Hz, median (Q1–Q3) 10 (10–30) 5 (5–10) 0.03
4000 Hz, median (Q1–Q3) 20 (15–35) 15 (10–15) 0.01

1 Primary ciliary dyskinesia; 2 otitis media with effusion; 3 chronic otitis media; 4 ventilation tube; 5 speech recognition threshold.