Demographic and auditory characteristics of the participant groups.

Abbreviations: UHL = unilateral hearing loss patients, MMSE = Mini-Mental Status Examination, f = female, m = male, R = right, NC = normal controls. Left and Right PTA = pure tone audiometry results of [0.5 kHz +1 kHz +2 kHz +4 kHz]/4 of the left and right ears,*: χ2 value of Chi-square test,**: t value of t-test between duration of left and right UHL,a: t value of t-test between PTA in left ears of right UHL and NC,b: t value of t-test between PTA in left ears of left UHL and NC,c: t value of t-test between PTA in right ears of left UHL and NC,d: t value of t-test between PTA in right ears of right UHL of NC,e: t value of t-test between PTA in impaired ears of left and right UHL,