Table 1.
Outcomes of age-appropriate speech development tests SETK-2, SETK-3–5, and SETK-4-5, presenting T-values of four bilaterally cochlear implanted children, implanted at under two years of age.
| Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | |
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| T-value (%) | T-value (%) | T-value (%) | T-value (%) | |
| SETK-2 | ||||
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| Comprehension I and II: | ||||
| Word comprehension | 45 (30.8) | 54 (65.5) | 61 (88.5) | 54 (65.5) |
| Sentence comprehension | 41 (18.4) | — | 41 (18.4) | 54 (65.5) |
| Speech production I and II: | ||||
| Word production | 47 (38.2) | 76 (99.5) | 56 (72.6) | — |
| Sentence production | 34 (5.5) | — | — | — |
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| SETK-3–5 | ||||
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| Sentence comprehension | 50 (50.0) | 55 (69.2) | 50 (50.0) | — |
| Encoding semantic relations | 45 (30.9) | — | 65 (93.3) | — |
| Morphological syntax | 42 (21.2) | 62 (88.5) | — | — |
| Phonological working memory for nonsense words | 39 (13.6) | 57 (75.8) | — | — |
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| SETK-4-5 | ||||
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| Sentence comprehension | 55 (69.2) | 62 (88.5) | 53 (61.8) | 47 (38.2) |
| Morphological syntax | 39 (13.6) | 63 (90.3) | 41 (18.4) | 64 (91.9) |
| Phonological working memory for nonsense words | 46 (34.5) | 43 (24.2) | — | — |
| Memory span (word) | 38 (11.5) | 58 (78.8) | 49 (46.0) | 55 (69.2) |
—indicates child was not tested or refused cooperation at this test interval.
% indicates percentile rank.