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Table 2 Mean hearing thresholds authentic TENS cohort

From: An audiometric study of the effects of paraspinal stimulation on hearing acuity in human subjects understanding the Harvey Lillard phenomenon

 

Threshold - Mean (S.D.) decibels

Left Ear

Right Ear

Freq (Hz)

Sham TENS trial 1

Authentic TENS trial 2

p value

Sham TENS trial 1

Authentic TENS trial 2

p value

125

6.9 (2.5)

6.9 (2.5)

1

7.1 (2.5)

6.9 (2.5)

0.76

250

10 (0)

10 (0)

1

10 (0)

10 (0)

1

500

20 (2.7)

19.0 (2.6)

0.25

19.5 (3.5)

19.3 (3.3)

0.82

1000

15.7 (1.8)

14.8 (1.1)

0.04

16.4 (2.3)

15.5 (2.2)

0.18

2000

18.3 (2.9)

17.4 (3.0)

0.30

18.1 (3.7)

17.4 (3.8)

0.54

4000

20.2 (8.9)

18.8 (8.4)

0.59

17.9 (4.4)

18.3 (4.8)

0.74

8000

11.4 (7.1)

10.2 (6.2)

0.57

8.1 (3.7)

8.3 (2.9)

0.82

  1. Authentic cohort (i.e. trial 1 of sham TENS followed by trial 2 of authentic TENS); mean (S.D.) thresholds for the cohort at each frequency are expressed in decibels for the left and right ears.