Clinical Study

Is It Necessary to Do Temporal Bone Computed Tomography of the Internal Auditory Canal in Tinnitus with Normal Hearing?

Table 3

Comparison of measurements of the internal auditory canal of the tinnitus and control groups.

GroupMeanStd. deviationStd. error meant P *

Right canal inletTinnitus53,3012,6092,302−0,3330,741
Control54,3712,2352,234

Right mid-canal Tinnitus46,6710,9331,9961,0670,291
Control43,938,8001,607

Right canal outletTinnitus29,035,0550,9230,5100,612
Control28,009,8791,804

Right canal lengthTinnitus80,1314,1782,589−0,1560,877
Control80,7014,0422,564

Left canal inletTinnitus58,1014,3202,6140,2820,779
Control56,9317,5463,203

Left mid-canalTinnitus45,378,7391,596−0,7940,431
Control47,138,4961,551

Left canal outletTinnitus30,736,2531,142−0,8510,398
Control32,7311,2552,055

Left canal lengthTinnitus77,4314,3302,616−0,8230,414
Control80,6015,4532,821

Independent samples t-test.