Table 4.

Mean parent-rated SDQ Total Difficulties scores by exposure to Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and early/late confirmation of Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss (PCHL) in total PCHL sample and in those without other disabilities.

	No UNHS			UNHS
	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	SMD	95%CI	t	df	p
Total PCHL sample	38	9.87	5.81	35	6.97	6.28	+0.48	0.01 to 0.95	2.05	71	0.04
No other disabilities	29	8.14	4.72	30	5.53	5.26	+0.52	0.00 to 1.04	2.00	57	0.05
	Early confirmed			Late confirmed
N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	SMD	95%CI	t	df	p
Total PCHL sample	34	9.50	7.21	39	7.59	5.03	+0.31	−0.15 to 0.77	1.33	71	0.19
No other disabilities	26	7.00	5.79	33	6.67	4.63	+0.06	−0.45 to 0.58	0.25	57	0.80

PCHL = permanent childhood hearing loss; SD = Standard Deviation; SMD = Standardised Mean Difference.

UNHS= Universal newborn hearing screening.