Table 3.

Pure Tone Averages According to Groups and Correlation Coefficient (P-Value) Between Ambient Pressure Absorbance Ratios, Peak Pressure Absorbance Ratios, and Air-Bone Gap According to Frequencies

Hz		Group I		Group II		Control Group
		PTA (dB)	APAR/PPAR	PTA (dB)	APAR/PPAR	PTA (dB)	APAR/PPAR
Correlation coefficient (P-value)	Correlation coefficient (P-value)	Correlation coefficient (P-value)
500	ACT	11.67 ± 4.38		15.89 ± 6.17		6.42 ± 4.79
	BCT	8.92 ± 4.79		13.63 ± 6.53		4.75 ± 3.61
ABG	2.75 ± 3.95	−0.09 (0.45)/−0.07 (0.55)	2.26 ± 4.21	0.02 (0.86)/0.01 (0.88)	1.66 ± 2.54	−0.23 (0.06)/−0.30 (0.01)
1000	ACT	10.92 ± 4.55		15.73 ± 6.82		7.92 ± 4.98
	BCT	9.17 ± 4.79		13.31 ± 5.50		5.75 ± 3.99
ABG	1.75 ± 2.88	−0.21 (0.93)/−0.30 (0.01)	2.42 ± 4.12	0.01 (0.91)/−0.12 (0.31)	2.16 ± 3.60	0.02 (0.82)/0.05 (0.66)
2000	ACT	10.83 ± 5.61		24.19 ± 13.76		6.50 ± 5.31
	BCT	9.50 ± 5.18		22.18 ± 11.36		5.50 ± 4.75
ABG	1.33 ± 3.03	−0.18 (0.16)/−0.07 (0.57)	2.02 ± 4.56	−0.11 (0.36)/−0.10 (0.41)	1.00 ± 2.21	0.11 (0.40)/−0.01 (0.90)
4000	ACT	20.67 ± 10.55		52.15 ± 15.50		8.08 ± 6.18
	BCT	15.33 ± 8.53		46.45 ± 12.42		6.16 ± 4.98
ABG	5.33 ± 5.51	−0.30 (0.02)/−0.29 (0.02)	6.53 ± 6.11	−0.37 (<0.01)/−0.30 (0.01)	1.91 ± 2.77	0.00 (0.98)/0.01 (0.91)

Significant r and P-values are shown with highlight-bold font. ACT, pure tone average; ACT, air conduction threshold; BCT, bone conduction threshold; ABG, air-bone gap; APAR, ambient pressure absorbance ratios; PPAR, peak pressure absorbance ratios.