TABLE 5.

Combined “Strongly Agree” and “Agree” responses to survey questions about parent experiences according to race and ethnicity classification

Since considering a hearing aid or cochlear implant for our child we have learned that…	Nonminorities	Minorities in general	African- Americans
…hearing aids/cochlear implants work with everyone who wears one	11.57	0	0
…auditory rehabilitation following hearing aid fitting or implantation is as important as the technology itself	83.68*	29.85	30.30
…our child can now hear perfectly	4.21	0	0
…our child wants to wear the hearing aid or implant all the time	28.94*	0	0