Table 1 Comparison of clinical data between NIHL patients and HCs (mean ± standard deviation).

From: Research on noise-induced hearing loss based on functional and structural MRI using machine learning methods

Variable

HC

NIHL

p value

Age (years)

46.47 ± 7.70

45.12 ± 7.58

0.313

Education level (years)

10.85 ± 2.23

10.41 ± 1.73

0.209

Noise exposure time (years)

0

15.19 ± 7.96

HAMA score

3.76 ± 1.18

7.28 ± 7.61

0.019

MMSE score

28.53 ± 1.24

28.83 ± 1.49

0.208

  1. HC, healthy control; NIHL, noise-induced hearing loss; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination.