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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2025 Jul 17;46(6):e592–e598. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001394

Table 2.

Correlations Between Baseline Preliteracy Outcomes of the PRS, Early Reading, and Early Writing Scores With Characteristics Among all DHH Participants (n = 45)

PRS Early Reading Early Writing
Age of identification in months −0.004 (0.98) −0.04 (0.80) 0.05 (0.77)
Severe to profound hearing loss 0.06 (0.68) −0.02 (0.87) 0.14 (0.35)
Use hearing aid 0.09 (0.55) 0.19 (0.22) −0.01 (0.97)
Use cochlear implant −0.11 (0.46) −0.23 (0.12) 0.03 (0.86)
Receipt of public insurance −0.32 (0.03) −0.41 (0.005) −0.17 (0.25)
Caregivers with college graduate degree 0.18 (0.22) 0.15 (0.33) 0.19 (0.21)
Increasing household income categories 0.37 (0.01) 0.39 (0.009) 0.23 (0.13)
Household income <$40,000 annually −0.36 (0.02) −0.41 (0.006) −0.26 (0.09)
Nonverbal IQ 0.38 (0.01) 0.42 (0.004) 0.27 (0.07)
Receptive language standard score 0.52 (0.0003) 0.59 (<0.0001) 0.35 (0.02)
Expressive language standard score 0.47 (0.002) 0.53 (0.0003) 0.31 (0.047)
BRIEF-P Global executive Composite −0.35 (0.018) −0.37 (0.011) −0.24 (0.12)
BRIEF-P Inhibit subscale −0.39 (0.008) −0.40 (0.006) −0.26 (0.088)
BRIEF-P shift subscale −0.29 (0.056) −0.32 (0.033) −0.24 (0.11)
BRIEF-P Plan/Organize subscale −0.20 (0.18) −0.26 (0.087) −0.09 (0.57)
BRIEF-P emotional control subscale −0.26 (0.08) −0.29 (0.06) −0.20 (0.19)
BRIEF-P working memory subscale −0.39 (0.009) −0.38 (0.0099) −0.28 (0.066)

Pearson correlation coefficient reported for language, nonverbal IQ, age, and income. Point biserial correlation reported for remaining variables. Top number represents correlation coefficient and p-value reported in parentheses.

PRS, Preliteracy Rating Scale.