Characteristics | Hearing-loss degree | P Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (n = 64) | Mild (n = 70) | Moderate (n = 73) | Severe-profound (n = 12) | ||
Age, mean (SD), years | 59.92 (4.62) | 63.23 (6.83) | 64.42 (7.51) | 66.42 (9.22) | 0.001 |
Sex, n (%) | |||||
 Male | 23 (23.47) | 33 (33.67) | 37 (37.75) | 5 (5.10) | 0.146 |
 Female | 41 (33.88) | 37 (30.58) | 36 (29.75) | 7 (5.79) |  |
Education, n (%) | |||||
 Illiteracy | 2 (16.67) | 3 (25.00) | 5 (41.67) | 2 (16.67) |  |
 Primary school | 6 (23.08) | 9 (34.62) | 11 (42.31) | 0 (0.00) | 0.249 |
 Junior/ high school | 36 (29.51) | 36 (29.51) | 42 (34.43) | 8 (6.56) |  |
 Undergraduate/ master/ PhD | 20 (33.90) | 22 (37.29) | 15 (25.42) | 2 (3.39) |  |
Occupation type | |||||
 None | 18 (29.03) | 18 (29.03) | 20 (32.26) | 6 (9.68) | 0.668 |
 Retired | 35 (32.71) | 33 (30.84) | 36 (33.64) | 3 (2.80) |  |
 Physical labor | 6 (24.00) | 9 (36.00) | 8 (32.00) | 2 (8.00) |  |
 Mental labor | 5(20.00) | 10(40.00) | 9(36.00) | 1(4.00) |  |
Duration of HL, mean (SD), years | 0.33(1.37) | 1.87(4.47) | 5.91(11.23) | 13.21(15.15) | 0.000 |
PTA, mean (SD), dB HL | 15.94(4.71) | 31.18(5.40) | 49.38(5.78) | 66.87(10.92) | 0.000 |
Speech recognition rate, mean (SD), % | 98.56(2.61) | 94.57(10.64) | 49.38(5.78) | 66.88(10.92) | 0.000 |