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Table 6 Sound amplitudes produces by parallel and perpendicular placement of 256Hz fork at the selected frequencies

From: Rinne test: does the tuning fork position affect the sound amplitude at the ear?

Frequency Measured

Mean Amplitude (±SD)

Mean Difference (95 % CI)

p-value

Parallel (N = 150)

Perpendicular (N =150)

250 Hz

91.14 dB (±4.06 dB)

90.30 dB (±5.47 dB)

0.83 dB (±1.09 dB)

.14

500 kHz

68.67 dB (±7.30 dB)

64.39 dB (±6.99 dB)

4.28 dB (±1.62 dB)

<0.001

1.6 kHz

58.80 dB (±7.13 dB)

58.92 dB (±7.73 dB)

−0.11 dB (±1.69 dB)

.89

4 kHz

42.35 dB (±8.52 dB)

40.42 dB (±6.05 dB)

1.93 dB (±1.67 dB)

.02

  1. SD Standard Deviation, CI Confidence Interval