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Table 3 Threshold discrepancy among pure-tone threshold (PTT), pure-tone average (PTA), speech reception threshold (SRT) and predicted pure-tone threshold (PTT) in training set

From: Prediction of pure tone thresholds using the speech reception threshold and age in elderly individuals with hearing loss

 

Hearing threshold

(dB HL)

Discrepancy of hearing level

(dB HL)

Pure tone levels - SRT

Actual PTT - Predicted PTT

 

Mean

 

SD

Mean

 

SD

p-value

Mean

 

SD

p-value

SRT

44.2

 

16.0

        

PTA

48.2

 

14.7

4.0

 

5.5

< 0.001*

    

PTT at 0.5 kHz

40.9

 

16.2

-3.3

 

7.0

< 0.001*

0.03

 

6.8

0.576

PTT at 1 kHz

44.5

 

16.0

0.3

 

5.5

0.752

0.02

 

5.4

0.843

PTT at 2 kHz

48.6

 

16.9

4.3

 

8.7

< 0.001*

0.2

 

8.6

0.965

PTT at 4 kHz

59.0

 

17.3

14.7

 

14.2

< 0.001*

-0.4

 

13.3

0.653

  1. *P < 0.05