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Table 2 Association of degree of hearing loss in children with OME with speech discrimination and preoperative PCC and PDI

From: The effect of otitis media with effusion on phonological performance of preschool children

 

Hearing loss (N = 20)

 

Mild (N = 12, 60%)

Moderate (N = 8, 40%)

p value

Speech discrimination

94 ± 2.9

89 ± 1.7

< .001

Preop PCC

91.6% ± 5.3%

78.9% ± 5.1%

< .001

Preop PDI

.5 ± .3

1.3 ± .3

< .001

  1. Preop preoperative, PCC Percentage of consonants correct, PDI Process density index, N total number