Table 2 Short Form 36 (SF-36) scores by degree of hearing impairment

PF

80.7 ± 19.7

83.4 ± 18.7

76.6 ± 19.9^a

74.4 ± 23.2^a

< 0.001

RP

87.2 ± 20.5

89.1 ± 19.3

85.2 ± 21.1^a

78.7 ± 24.4^a

< 0.001

BP

71.3 ± 22.7

72.9 ± 22.4

68.7 ± 23.1^a

67.8 ± 21.8

< 0.05

GH

60.4 ± 17.6

60.5 ± 16.9

60.1 ± 19.1

61.2 ± 16.5

0.912

VT

65.8 ± 19.7

65.5 ± 19.4

67.1 ± 19.6

62.2 ± 22.0

0.210

SF

90.7 ± 17.2

91.2 ± 16.5

91.1 ± 16.9

83.3 ± 23.4^a

< 0.01

RE

89.7 ± 19.2

90.9 ± 18.0

89.4 ± 19.1

79.3 ± 26.7^a

< 0.001

MH

76.2 ± 17.7

75.8 ± 17.5

76.7 ± 18.2

76.9 ± 17.2

0.742

PCS

46.3 ± 12.4

48.0 ± 11.7

44.1 ± 12.3^a

40.2 ± 14.8^a

< 0.001

MCS

53.0 ± 9.0

52.4 ± 8.9

54.1 ± 9.2^a

53.8 ± 9.7

< 0.05