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  • Audiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Hypothesis testing for hearing threshold data is complex due to two-ear measurements across multiple frequencies.
  • Common methods may inflate Type I error rates in global tests for exposure-hearing associations.
  • A novel both-ear method is proposed to address these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of a both-ear hypothesis testing method against traditional single-ear methods.
  • To evaluate the accuracy and power of different analytical approaches for audiometric data.
  • To identify the optimal method for assessing exposure-related hearing threshold changes.

Main Methods:

  • A simulation study and theoretical considerations were used for comparison.
  • The proposed both-ear method was contrasted with single-ear (worse-ear, better-ear, left/right-ear, average-ear) and separate frequency analyses.
  • The methods were applied to data on hypertension adherence and hearing threshold changes.

Main Results:

  • Single-ear methods (better-ear, worse-ear, left/right-ear) showed reduced power for frequency-specific and global tests.
  • In the presence of confounders, better-ear and worse-ear methods were invalid; left/right-ear and average-ear methods had reduced power.
  • Both-ear methods analyzing individual frequencies separately were invalid for global tests.

Conclusions:

  • The both-ear method, integrating all frequencies into a single model, is the recommended approach for hypothesis testing.
  • This method enhances the reliability of detecting exposure-hearing threshold associations.
  • Accurate analysis of audiometric data requires a comprehensive, multi-frequency approach.