Comparison of Acceptable Noise Level Generated Using Different Transducers and Response Modes

Table 2

The paired t-tests for MCL, BNL, and ANL obtained from the three measurements in different methods. The significance level was set at .

Values	Method	1st versus 2nd measurement		1st versus 3rd measurement		2nd versus 3rd measurement
			value		value		value
MCL (dB HL)	LS	−1.488	0.153	−1.510	0.148	−0.261	0.797
	LA	−0.469	0.645	1.070	0.298	1.889	0.074
	ES	−0.553	0.587	−1.594	0.127	−1.730	0.100
	EA	−0.469	0.645	1.070	0.298	1.889	0.074
BNL (dB HL)	LS	−1.616	0.122	−2.236	0.038	−1.917	0.070
	LA	−0.592	0.561	−1.291	0.212	−1.301	0.209
	ES	−0.785	0.442	−1.724	0.101	−1.875	0.076
	EA	−1.453	0.163	0.000	1.000	1.759	0.095
ANL (dB)	LS	0.773	0.449	2.698	0.014	1.437	0.167
	LA	1.045	0.309	1.506	0.148	0.825	0.419
	ES	0.815	0.425	0.941	0.358	0.335	0.741
	EA	2.604	0.017	2.517	0.021	−0.252	0.804

Values were significantly different from each other.