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

Table 5

Behavioral evaluation values of central auditory processing between control and experimental groups.

	CG			EG
Test	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	P-value
DD
RE	40	98.93%	1.86	50	95.40%	5.16	<0.001
LE	40	97.93%	4.15	50	92.55%	7.95	<0.001
FPT
Humming	80	93.00%	12.4	100	83.40	18.5	0.004
Verbalizing	80	73.50%	21.2	100	42.7%	22.2	<0.001
SSI	80	67.5%	13.9	100	59.8%	16.9	0.020
GIN
RE	40	4.65ms	1.00	50	6.22ms	1.40	<0.001
LE	40	4.72ms	1.06	50	6.56ms	1.52	<0.001

Legend: n: number; : number of ears; RE: right ear; LE: left ear; CG: control group; EG: experimental group; SD: standard deviation.