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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Spec Needs Educ. 2012 Sep 3;27(4):483–497. doi: 10.1080/08856257.2012.719106

Table 3.

Means scores (and standard deviations) on four scales

Reading School Math Social-Emotional
Child Parent Child Parent Child Parent Child Parent
Hearing (N=54) 4.51 (.71) 4.52 (.75) 4.12 (.54) 4.01 (.70) 3.99 (.90) 4.08 (.89) 3.88 (.77) 4.31 (.54)
Deaf(N=54) 4.17 (.93) 4.28 (.83) 3.95 (.81) 3.90 (.57) 4.01 (1.12) 3.92 (.75) 3.54 (. 81) 4.06 (.70)
Deaf Subgroups
Cochlear Implant Use*
CIs(N=15) 4.00 (.89) 3.93 (.97) 4.09 (.68) 3.75 (.57) 3.98(1.10) 3.82 (.85) 3.45 (.83) 3.96 (.83)
No CIs (N=24) 4.18(1.02) 4.28 (.87) 3.71 (.87) 3.88 (.60) 4.04(1.11) 3.99 (.90) 3.45 (.72 4.12 (.71)
Parental Hearing Status
Deaf Parents (N= 18) 4.09 (.89) 4.35 (.83) 4.27 (.71) 3.97 (.66) 4.14 (.98) 3.72 (.79) 3.88 (.77) 4.24 (.55)
Hearing Parents (N=36) 4.21 (.95) 4.24 (.85) 3.80 (.81) 3.86 (.52) 3.95 (1.20) 4.02 (.72) 3.38 (.78) 3.96 (.76)
Language at Home*
Sign Language (N=16) 4.10 (.88) 4.35 (.82) 4.12 (.94) 3.95 (.63) 3.84(1.25) 3.62 (.58) 3.89 (.70) 4.34 (.56)
English (N=22) 4.20 (.98) 4.29 (.78) 3.70 (.65) 3.74 (.56) 4.02(1.12) 3.97 (.84) 3.45 (.81) 3.93 (.71)
Sign and English (N=15) 4.16 (.96) 4.18 (.99) 4.14 (.84) 4.08 (.50) 4.13 (1.05) 4.22 (.69) 3.32 (.87) 3.93 (.79)
School Type
School for the Deaf (N=34) 4.22 (.84) 4.34 (.75) 4.07 (.87) 3.96 (.59) 4.00(1.14) 3.87 (.71) 3.72 (.77) 4.16 (.74)
Mainstream School (N=17) 4.02(1.14) 4.20(1.04) 3.69 (.73) 3.79 (.55) 4.12 (.90) 4.04 (.87) 3.08 (.58) 3.92 (.60)
*

Deaf subgroups totalling <54 indicate non-responses by parents on relevant questions