Table 2.
Between-groups comparison of parent-reported gesture and spoken language use on the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (Fenson et al., 2007).
| NH group |
HL group |
Between-groups comparison |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communicative skill | n | M (SD) | Range | n | M (SD) | Range | Test statistic | Effect size |
| Gesture score | 23 | 8.39 (1.44) | 6–11 | 20 | 8.43 (1.84) | 5–11 | t = −0.67 | d = −0.02 |
| Words understood | 23 | 99.78 (71.93) | 11–284 | 25 | 48.02 (49.50) | 0–154 | t = 2.92** | d = 0.84 |
| Words produced | 23 | 11.70 (9.62) | 0–34 | 25 | 6.52 (13.44) | 0–64 | U = 148.50** | r = −.42 |
Note. NH = normal hearing; HL = hearing loss.
**
p < .01