Table 1. NIRS Speech-Evoked Responses.
| Normal-hearing adults (n=11/11) |
Normal-hearing children (n=11/12) |
Deaf children with > 4 mo. CI use (n=37/40) |
Deaf children at CI activation (n=9/13) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significant HbO Cortical Response | 9 (82%) | 8 (73%) | 19 (51%) | 7 (78%) |
| Significant HbR Cortical Response | 11 (100%) | 8 (73%) | 26 (70%) | 5 (56%) |
| Significant HbO or HbR Cortical Response | 11 (100%) | 9 (82%) | 28 (76%) | 7 (78%) |
|
Age of Responders1 [Range] |
30.4 ± 8.3 [24 – 48] |
9.4 ± 3.4 [4 – 15] |
7.9 ± 3.8 [2 – 19] |
4.7 ± 1.6 [2 – 8] |
n=x/y: x is number of subjects who completed testing (allowing for data analysis); y is total number of subjects in which testing was attempted.
Values in parentheses represent the percentage of subjects who demonstrated a response out of those who completed testing.
1
Mean ± S.D. in years