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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2012 Jan 9;55(3):848–864. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0143)

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Children and Families

Mean SD Range
Age at test (yrs) 7.8 4.3 1.3–18.2
Age at implant (yrs) 2.4 1.4 0.7–6.8
Duration of implant use (yrs) 5.5 4.0 0.5–16.0
*Unaided PTA (better ear) 105.9 15.2 65–118.4
Maternal education 3.5 1.5 1–7
Family size (members) 3.9 1.2 2–8
Percent oral communicators 80
Percent female 42
Percent married parents 76

PTA = Pure tone average