. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2015 Nov-Dec;36(0 1):48S–59S. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000209

Table 2.

Audiologic characteristics for Children who are Hard of Hearing

	18-month visit			3-year visit
Variable	n	M (SD)	Range	n	M (SD)	Range
BEPTA¹ (dB HL)	71	49.8 (12.2)	16.3–83.0	85	49.2 (13.9)	18.8–92.5
BESII	69	0.76 (0.14)	0.25–0.94	83	0.75 (0.17)	0.08–0.95
Age at HA fit (months)	71	5.2 (3.5)	1–17	83	12.9 (10.7)	1–41

Note. BEPTA = better-ear pure tone average; BESII = better-ear Speech Intelligibility Index; HA = hearing aid.

Although eligibility criteria for the HH group included a better-ear three- or four-frequency pure-tone average no better than 25 dB HL and no poorer than 75 dB HL, exceptions to this criterion were made to allow for inclusion of children with bilateral, high-frequency HL (n = 3). In addition, children that initially fit this eligibility criterion but that later progressed beyond 75 dB HL were retained in the study (n = 4), unless they received a cochlear implant.