Otitis Media: Long-Term Effect on Central Auditory Nervous System

Table 4

Mean values of hearing thresholds in the right and left ears between control and experimental groups.

	250Hz	500Hz	1000Hz	2000Hz	3000Hz	4000Hz	6000Hz	8000Hz
RE-CG	8 dB	7.5 dB	6.5 dB	6 dB	4.5 dB	5.5 dB	12.5 dB	8.5 dB
RE-EG	8.3 dB	7.2 dB	5.5 dB	5 dB	4.4 dB	5 dB	12.2 dB	7.2 dB
p- value	0.589	0.200	0.361	0.687	0.358	0.324	0.950	0.198
LE- CG	8 dB	7 dB	5 dB	7,5 dB	4 dB	7 dB	8,8 dB	6,5 dB
LE-EG	8.8 dB	6.1 dB	4.4 dB	7 dB	5 dB	5 dB	10 dB	5 dB
p- value	0.892	0.301	0.486	0.154	0.909	0.150	0.926	0.672

Legend: RE: right ear; LE: left ear; CG: control group; EG: experimental group.