Table-I.
Child hearing characteristics Versus V-RQOL Scale Category Cross Tabulation (n=384).
| Variable | Group | Frequency of VR-QOL Scale Category | ||||
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| 10-15(Excellent) [350(91.14)] | 16-20(Very Good) [16(4.17)] | 21-25(Good) [10(2.60)] | 26-30(Fair) [2(0.52)] | >30(Poor) [6(1.6)] | ||
| Type of Hearing Assistive Device | Cochlear Implant [111(28.9)] | 107 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hearing Aid [273(71.1)] | 243 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |
| X2, P-value | 7.727, 0.102 | |||||
| Laterality of Hearing Assistive Device | Unilaterally [125[32.6)] | 114 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Bilaterally [259(67.4)] | 236 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| X2, P-value | 0.947, 0.918 | |||||
| Type of Hearing Loss | Conductive [92(24)] | 81 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Sensory-Neural [220(57.3)] | 208 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mixed Hearing Loss [72(18.8)] | 61 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| X2, P-value | 17.969, 0.021 | |||||
| Degree of hearing loss of the child | Mild [73(19)] | 61 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Moderate [99(25.8)] | 93 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Severe [94(24.5)] | 85 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Profound [118(30.7)] | 111 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| X2, P-value | 17.173, 0.143 | |||||