Clinical Study

Acute, Repeated Exposure to Mobile Phone Noise and Audiometric Status of Young Adult Users in a University Community

Table 8

Hearing status of respondents across occupational status and age by gender.

Hearing status Total
NormalImpaired

Male34 (46.6%)6 (20.0%)40 (38.8%)
Female39 (53.4%)24 (80.0%)63 (61.2%)

Note: percentages were summed down columns, that is, by hearing status, and then overall by gender. Comparison between hearing status of respondents and gender showed a statistically significant difference at under Chi-square test.