TABLE 1.

Participant demographic information (N = 19 matches).

Hearing status	Girls, boys	Chronological age: months	Hearing age: months	Maternal education level	EVT-2 GSVs	EVT-2 standard score
Children with CIs	13, 6	56.3 (6.7) 44–66	44.7 (8.7) 29–56	6.26 (0.56)	134.84 (12) 112–159	102.63 (13.37) 84–131
Children with TH	13, 6	Not applicable	45.5 (7.5) 36–57	6.05 (0.62)	132.68 (10.88) 117–150	114.58 (10.38) 98–134

Abbreviations: CI, cochlear implant; EVT-2, Expressive Vocabulary Test, 2nd edition; GSVs, growth scale values; TH, typical hearing.

To facilitate matching, N = 4 children with CIs and N = 5 children TH were observed at two time points (e.g., at ages 3 and 4). Mean (SD), range.