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

Table 6.

Correlation matrix for the child and family factors entered in the 18-month regression above the diagonal and 3 year regression below the diagonal.

	Sex	BEPTA	Age at HA fit	Language abilities	Maternal education
Sex		−0.26^a ^*	0.02^b	−0.13^a	−0.09^c
BEPTA	0.06^a		−0.05^a	−0.07^a	−0.07^c
Age at HA fit	−0.04^b	0.10^a		−0.17^a	−0.15^c
Language abilities	−0.10^a	−0.27^a ^*	−0.18^a		0.33^c ^**
Maternal education	−0.20^c	−0.09^c	−0.03^c	0.35^c ^**

Note. BEPTA = better-ear pure tone average; HA = hearing aid.

Pearson correlation.

Phi coefficient.

Spearman’s rho.

p < 0.01.

^**

p < 0.001.