Table 5.

Predictors of device use at three years: Ordered probit regression of Total group, HA subgroup and CI subgroup.

	Total Group		HA subgroup		CI subgroup
Variable	Estimate (SE)	p	Estimate (SE)	p	Estimate (SE)	p
Gender (male)	−0.14 (0.15)	0.09	−0.10 (0.17)	0.62	−0.36 (0.51)	1.00
Additional disabilities (present)	0.27 (0.52)	0.11	−0.07 (0. 27)	0.52	−1.09 (0.54)	0.11
Home communication mode (other)	1.00 (0.59)	0.28	1.10 (0.65)	0.43	2.80 (1.51)	0.50
Maternal education (< university )	−0.50 (0.17)	<0.001*	−0.03 (0.25)	0.02*	−1.66 (0.82)	0.03*
Hearing device type (CI)	−1.43 (1.32)	0.6	-	-	-	-
Better ear 4FA	−0.01 (0.01)	<0.001*	−0.01 (0.01)	<0.001*	−0.02 (0.02)	0.45
Socio economic status	−0.06 (0.17)	0.03*	−0.06 (0.03)	0.06	0.29 (0.18)	0.97
Early intervention hours	−0.001 (0.001)	0.16	−0.001 (0.001)	0.10	−0.001 (0.003)	1.00
Age initial HA fitting	0.01 (0.01)	0.06	0.03 (0.02)	0.16	0.07 (0.05)	0.35
Age CI switch-on	-	-	-	-	−0.07 (0.05)	0.21