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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Characterization of hearing-impairment in Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy (GACI)

 

GACI patients time of audiology evaluation (n = 19)

GACI patients with pure-tone data (n = 15)

All patients with hearing loss (n = 8)

Patients with CHL (n = 7*)

Patients with SNHL (n = 2*)

Median age in years (range)

7.9 (0.7–38.5)

8.2 (4.1–38.5)

8.4 (4.1–35.7)

7.9 (4.1–25.5)

22.3 (8.9–35.7)

Age groups (n)

Children (< 10 yrs)

75% (14)

66.7% (10)

75% (6)

83.3% (6*)

50% (1*)

Adolescents (10–19 yrs)

5% (1)

6.7% (1)

   

Adults (>/= 20 yrs)

20% (4)

26.7% (4)

25% (2)

16.7% (1)

50% (1)

Sex

Female

60% (11)

66.7% (10)

50% (4)

33.3% (3*)

100% (2*)

Male

40% (8)

33.3% (5)

50% (4)

66.7% (4)

 

Race/ethnicity

Black/African American

10.5% (2)

6.7% (1)

   

Multiracial

5.3% (1)

6.7% (1)

12.5% (1)

16.7% (1)

 

White

84.2% (16)

86.7% (13)

87.5% (7)

83.3% (5)

100% (2)

  1. CHL conductive hearing loss, SNHL sensorineural hearing loss, yrs years
  2. *1 patient with asymmetric bilateral hearing loss is counted as both SNHL (right ear) and CHL (left ear)