Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of children at T1 and T2 (N = 16)
| Characteristics of children | Mean (SD, range) |
| Age at testing T1 | 53.0 months (12.60, 32–76) |
| Age at testing T2 | 89.6 months (12.28, 68–112) |
| Gender | Girls 9 (56.3%) |
| Boys 7 (43.8%) | |
| Age at identification | 9.8 months (6.71, newborn to 22) |
| Age at hearing aids | 11.9 months (6.90, 2–24) |
| Age at cochlear implant | 25.9 months (6.93, 12–39) |
| Length of cochlear implant use (T1) | 26.1 months (10.98, 12–44) |
| Length of cochlear implant use (T2) | 63.4 months (10.68, 48–82) |
| Age at enrollment in early intervention | 12.1 months (7.41, 2–27) |
| Degree of hearing loss (in better ear) | Severe to profound 3 (18.8%) |
| Profound 13 (81.3%) | |
| Aided pure-tone average with cochlear implant activation | 26.8 dB hearing level (HL) (7.16, 15–40 dB HL |
| Primary mode of communication (T1) | Auditory–oral 13 (81.3%) |
| Auditory–oral with sign 3 (18.8%) | |
| Primary mode of communication (T2) | Auditory–oral 16 (100.0%) |
| Auditory–oral with sign 0 (0.0%) | |
| RDLS: receptive language age (T1) | 31.1 months (9.48, 16–45) |
| RDLS: expressive language age (T1) | 30.0 months (8.24, 17–47) |
| OWLS: receptive language age (T2) | 62.1 months (18.31, 29–84) |
| OW LS: expressive language age (T2) | 56.4 months (15.91, 32–84) |