Table 3.
Baseline | 6-week | 6-month | Difference (SE) | Upper confidence limit | Clinical critical difference | Clinical equivalence? | |
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Phonemes in AB words | |||||||
Control | 52.71 | 56.32 | 56.77 | 3.61 (2.52) | 8.03 | 13.0 | Yes |
Train + PS | 57.09 | 56.93 | 58.48 | −0.16 (3.12) | 5.33 | 13.0 | Yes |
Train only | 55.41 | 57.83 | 55.76 | 2.42 (4.26) | 9.83 | 13.0 | Yes |
AB words | |||||||
Control | 40.18 | 41.26 | 43.47 | 1.08 (3.02) | 6.37 | 18.0 | Yes |
Train + PS | 43.65 | 42.81 | 44.86 | −0.84 (3.50) | 5.29 | 18.0 | Yes |
Train only | 42.32 | 45.65 | 43.46 | 3.33 (3.98) | 10.24 | 18.0 | Yes |
Words in CUNY sentences | |||||||
Control | 35.64 | 29.69 | 41.39 | −5.95 (8.52) | 8.99 | 9.8 | Yes |
Train + PS | 41.17 | 35.54 | 48.28 | −5.63 (9.42) | 10.88 | 9.6 | No |
Train only | 48.67 | 52.20 | 45.05 | 3.59 (4.47) | 11.30 | 9.7 | No |
Note. Columns display the mean baseline (preclass) performance, the mean 6-week evaluation (postclass) performance, the mean 6-month performance, the mean difference between the baseline and 6-week performance (with the standard error in parentheses), the upper level of the confidence interval measured around the difference score, and the upper level of the confidence interval that must be exceeded in order to demonstrate a true clinical improvement. If the measured upper level of the confidence limit was less than the required clinical critical difference, this indicates that there was no clinically significant change in performance, and this is indicated by a “yes” in the rightmost column.