The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 3 Comparison among CG and SG conditions I, II, III, and IV using noise at 0° azimuth

From: Using the hearing in noise test (HINT) in the assessment of the performance of directional microphone

HINT at 0° azimuth	CG	SG
HINT at 0° azimuth	CG	Condition I	Condition II	Condition III	Condition IV
Range	− 11 to − 9.7	− 7.8 to 7	− 8.6 to 6.2	− 11.8 to 3	− 13 to 2.2
Mean ± SD	− 10.77 ± 0.39	1.05 ± 3.59	− 3.14 ± 3.25	− 6.52 ± 3.36	− 8.37 ± 3.69
F test	65.240
p value	0.001*
P1		0.001*	0.001*	0.001*		0.008*
P2			0.001*	0.001*		0.001*
P3				0.001*		0.001*
P4						0.013*

P1: Comparison between CG and SG condition I
P2: Comparison between SG condition II and SG condition I
P3: Comparison between SG condition III and SG condition II
P4: Comparison between SG condition IV and SG condition III
Condition I: Without hearing aid (unaided)
Condition II: Aided response with omnidirectional microphone
Condition III: Aided response with directional front microphone
Condition IV: Aided response with adaptive directional microphone

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