Table 6.

Between-groups differences for percent of maternal responses to children's gestures that were assigned to each maternal response category.

	NH group (n = 19)		HL group (n = 18)		Between-groups comparison
	M (SD)	Range	M (SD)	Range	Test statistic	Effect size
Not Contingent
No response	14.29 (17.71)	0–66.7	25.91 (19.41)	0–60.0	U = 104.5*	r = −.30
Unrelated	7.51 (14.54)	0–62.5	6.26 (9.78)	0–40.0	U = 166.0	r = −.02
Contingent
Not translated	43.83 (23.07)	0–83.3	41.52 (22.05)	0–80.0	t = 0.31	d = 0.10
Translated	37.36 (26.26)	0–100	26.31 (19.42)	0–63.2	t = 1.06	d = 0.48

Note. NH = normal hearing; HL = hearing loss.

^* p < .05