Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of children (n = 18).

Demographic Characteristics	Mean (SD)
Age at testing	4.3 years (16.3) range 2.4 – 6.3 years
Gender
Boys	10 (55.6%)
Girls	8 (44.4%)
Sensory device
Hearing aid	11 (68.8%)
Cochlear implant	7 (31.3%)
Age at identification	14.7 months (14.5) range newborn – 42 months
Age at hearing aids	19.3 months (17.9) range 1 – 68 months
Age at cochlear implant (N = 7)	28.8 months (16.3) range 12 – 42 months
Length of hearing aid use	25.0 months (13.4) range 3 – 48 months
Length of cochlear implant use	26.1 months (11.6) range 9 – 36 months
Unaided 4-frequency pure-tone average	74.7 dB HL (30.9) range 27.5 – 115.0 dB HL