Table 2. Variables included in the multiple regression to predict speech recognition performance after cochlear implantation.

Variables	B	p
Prelingual hearing loss	-31.7	<.001
Duration of bilateral significant hearing loss	-.51	.005
Age at implantation	-.42	.008
Interaction between prelingual loss and CI in better or poorer ear	-24.6	.011
a Duration of sound deprivation in the implanted ear	-.17	.49
a CI in better or poorer ear	-4.9	.58

CI: Cochlear implant.

^a These variables were not significant predictors in this model.