Figure 1From: Hearing assessment in dental practitioners and other academic professionals from an urban setting Results of the audiometric tests for air conduction for the right and left ear. The comparison of the results of the audiometric tests for air conduction for the dentists (n = 53) and the control group (n = 55) showed that the hearing impairment was only slightly more pronounced in the dentists than in the control subjects, at frequencies of 3 kHz and 4 kHz the differences were marginally statistically significant for the right (a) as well as the left ear (b); asterisk: P < 0.05.Back to article page