Table 3. Distribution of oral narrative propositions used by hearing-impaired and normal-hearing subjects.

Types of proposition	Hearing-impaired subjects (cases)		Normal-hearing subjects (controls)		P-value*
	Mean %	Standard deviation	Mean %	Standard deviation
Orientation	63.8	15.8	52.9	11.0	0.001
Complicating action	21.0	12.2	30.5	9.4	0.015
Character’s reaction	1.2	2.6	4.9	4.7	0.005
Resolution	10.0	7.5	11.8	5.7	0.614

^*Mann-Whitney test.