Table 3.

Level of Aided Hearing and Scores on Lexical Neighborhood Test, for Children Using Cochlear Implants (N=101)

Variable	Mean	SD	Range
Aided PTA in dB HL	21.6	6.3	8.3 – 48.3
Good Audibility Group	16.7	3.4	8.3 – 20.0
Poor Audibility Group	25.8	5.1	21.7 – 48.3
LNT word score at 50 dB SPL	56.4%	24.2	0 – 94
Good Audibility Group	64.4%	17.4	18 – 94
Poor Audibility Group	49.7%	27.1	0 – 92
LNT word score at 70 dB SPL	77.3%	18.2	0 – 96
Good Audibility Group	81.9%	11.2	50 – 94
Poor Audibility Group	73.5%	21.8	0 – 96

All LNT scores are a percent-correct score; LNT = Lexical Neighborhood Test; PTA = Pure Tone Average; dB HL = decibels hearing level; dB SPL = decibels sound pressure level