Table 5. PTA and SD of the Right ear by age

Left Age 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Kruskal-Wallis test Total
n 11 55 70 12 14 8 5 H-statistic p-value 175
Frequency(Hz) 250 7.27±4.45 6.55±5.21 7.71±4.91 10.00±6.03 8.57±4.97 5.63±5.63 7.00±2.74 5.4512 0.4874 7.44±5.08
500 3.64±2.23 5.27±4.51 6.21±4.00 7.50±5.44 5.74±5.14 5.00±4.63 6.00±2.24 7.3927 0.2860 5.74±4.30
1,000 5.91±4.17 6.09±4.12 6.64±3.66 6.25±2.26 6.43±3.06 6.25±3.54 5.00±0.00 1.8213 0.9354 6.31±3.65
2,000 6.82±3.86 5.82±4.65 6.07±3.77 7.50±3.37 6.43±4.13 8.13±6.51 7.00±2.74 2.9857 0.8106 6.28±4.19
3,000 5.91±4.17 5.45±4.79 6.00±3.93 4.58±3.96 7.50±4.70 5.63±4.96 4.00±2.24 4.4424 0.6170 5.80±4.32
4,000 7.73±6.17 5.64±5.14 6.50±4.73 7.08±5.42 8.21±6.68 5.63±4.17 6.00±2.24 4.5837 0.5982 6.42±5.11
Kruskal-Wallis test H-Statistic 5.6583 2.7669 7.0892 7.3898 4.9984 1.5549 6.2333 - - -
p-value 0.3409 0.7359 0.2141 0.1932 0.4161 0.9066 0.2842 - - -
6 PTAs 6.14±2.96 5.79±3.35 6.36±2.79 7.01±2.65 6.61±3.50 6.56±3.76 6.00±1.37 - - 6.22±3.04
PTA: pure tone threshold average, SD: standard deviation, 6PTAs: 6 pure tone threshold averages.