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. 2015 Jul 3;20(4):310–330. doi: 10.1093/deafed/env025

Table 2.

Correlation coefficients between sign language measures and spoken language measures with visual-spatial ability measures in Experiment 1

Spatial relations Embedded figures Pair cancellation
Deaf with cochlear implants
 Age of sign acquisition .16 .03 −.10
 Expressive sign language −.49** −.06 −.09
 Receptive sign language −.01 −.07 .03
 Speech production–phonemes .22 .15 .15
 Speech recognition–audiovisual .32* −.07 .06
 Speech recognition–audio only .34* .02 .24
 Audiovisual enhancement −.16 −.18 −.44**
 Age of implantation −.41** −.25 −.21
Deaf without cochlear implants
 Age of sign acquisition −.19 −.02 −.19
 Expressive sign language .06 −.06 .11
 Receptive sign language .35* .10 .15
 Speech production–phonemes −.15 .08 −.13
 Speech recognition–audiovisual −.23 −.01 −.08
 Speech recognition–audio only −.18 .11 −.01
 Audiovisual enhancement −.14 −.24 −.13
Hearing
 Expressive sign language −.11 .14 −.10
 Receptive sign language −.02 −.10 −.40
 Speech-to-noise ratio .06 .24 .14
 Speech recognition–audiovisual .21 .35** .22
 Speech recognition–audio only .13 .26 .05
 Audiovisual enhancement .04 .01 .14
Hearing interpreting students
 Expressive sign language .27 .17 .08
 Receptive sign language .44 .06 .05
 Speech-to-noise ratio .31 −.13 .29
 Speech recognition–audiovisual .03 −.14 .19
 Speech recognition–audio only .13 .18 .24
 Audiovisual enhancement −.12 −.30 −.12

Note. *p < .05, **p < .01.