Table 2

Mean absolute error and mean systematic error of sound localisation

Auditory field presented
WholeLeftRight
Mean absolute error:
 White noise
  Healthy group12.0 (3.1)2-160 12.2 (6.3)14.2 (5.1)2-160
  L Group19.3 (6.4)16.3 (6.0) 2-150 22.5 (8.1)
  R Group24.2 (8.6)2-1502-164 25.9 (10.7) 2-164 21.0 (7.3) 2-164
 Female voice
  Healthy group11.4 (4.2)2-160 11.8 (6.0)2-160 14.4 (5.1)2-160
  L Group21.4 (8.8)21.4 (12.2)23.7 (8.1)
  R Group25.3 (10.8) 2-164 24.6 (12.4) 2-164 25.6 (14.1) 2-164
Mean systematic error:
 White noise
  Healthy group 4.2 (4.2)2-150  3.3 (8.0) 6.2 (6.8)2-150
  L Group 0.3 (5.5) 1.4 (10.5)2-150 −1.8 (9.1)
  R Group 5.3 (10.1)12.1 (15.5) 2-151 −1.3 (13.6)
 Female voice
  Healthy group 2.7 (4.1)−0.2 (6.7) 6.4 (7.7) 2-160
  L Group−0.8 (10.2) 3.3 (20.0)−3.3 (16.3)
  R Group 1.8 (10.7) 9.0 (16.5) 2-151 −4.0 (18.0) 2-164
  • 2-150 p<0.05;

  • 2-160 p<0.01 between adjacent groups;

  • 2-151 2-150 p<0.005;

  • 2-164 p<0.01 between healthy group and R group; unpairedt test.

  • Mean systematic error, mean of the angle between the presented and answered positions in which the direction of the error is considered (counter clockwise errors were indicated as negative numbers, and clockwise errors as positive numbers).