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Table 4 Comparison of results between patients using unilateral and bilateral hearing aids in the study subgroup (IIb)

From: Listening effort in patients with sensorineural hearing loss with and without hearing aids

 

Unilateral HA

Mean± SD

Bilateral HA

Mean ± SD

t test

P value

QuickSIN (SNR loss)

12.14 ± 4.99

12.28 ± 5.24

0.004

0.951

FAS

27.73 ± 6.97

26.89 ± 6.60

0.075

0.787

SSQ 1

36.82 ± 18.34

41.56 ± 17.23

0.349

0.562

SSQ 2

37.73 ± 17.52

42.22 ± 25.01

0.223

0.642

SSQ 3

45.91 ± 16.86

49.44 ± 20.38

0.181

0.676

Rt 1 dual

1539.00 ± 782.26

1559.11 ± 1050.97

0.002

0.961

Rt 2 dual

1536.64 ± 1037.45

1897.33 ± 1060.47

0.587

0.454

Rt 3 dual

1159.82 ± 640.88

1410.33 ± 1013.37

0.454

0.509

Rt 4 dual

1906.64 ± 1507.33

1800.22 ± 1288.77

0.028

0.869

Rt 5 dual

2384.18 ± 1894.41

1913.11 ± 1406.27

0.382

0.544

Rt 6 dual

1922.45 ± 1089.70

1799.56 ± 1217.98

0.057

0.815

  1. Significant P < 0.05
  2. SNR signal-to-noise ratio, SSQ Speech, Spatial and Quality of Hearing Scale, FAS Fatigue Assessment Scale, HA hearing aid, RT reaction time