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Chapter 3
subject was excluded because she missed several assessments and she was considered a dropout (4.5%). The 21 remaining participants, 8 female (38.1%) and 13 male (61.9%) had a mean age of 63.44 (range 42.5-83.8; SD: 11.37). During the intake examination, patients were asked if they had currently hearing problems. This group was analyzed post hoc on possible differences in outcome. There was no significant difference between the subjects classified as ‘normal hearing’ and ‘disturbed hearing’ on all outcomes of speech, OHRQoL and satisfaction.
Fig. 1: Flowchart of the study population.
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