Table 2.

Demographic, socioeconomic, educational, and medical information about the participants.

Characteristic	NH (n=13)	All UHL (n=20)	All participants (n=33)	P value
Male sex, n (%)	9 (69)	6 (30)	15 (46)	0.04
Age in years, mean, (SD)	14.1 (2.8)	13.3 (2.7)	13.6 (2.7)	0.43
Race/ethnicity, n (%)				0.32
African American	3 (23)	3 (15)	6 (18)
White	10 (77)	14 (70)	24 (73)
Asian	0	3 (15)	3 (9)
Hispanic/Latino	0	0	0
Number of siblings, n (%)				0.80
0	0	1 (5)	1 (5)
1	2 (15)	2 (10)	4 (12)
2	5 (39)	9 (45)	14 (42)
3 or more	6 (46)	8 (40)	14 (42)
Type of insurance, n (%)				0.56
Medicaid	2 (15)	4 (20)	6 (18)
Private	11 (85)	16 (80)	27 (82)
Premature, n (%)	3 (23)	3 (15)	6 (18)	0.62
Speech/language evaluation, n (%)	2 (15)	5 (25)	7 (21)	0.68
Speech problems, n (%)	3 (23)	5 (25)	8 (24)	0.62
Speech therapy, n (%)	1 (8)	4 (20)	5 (15)	0.63
Repeat grade, n (%)	1 (8)	4 (20)	5 (15)	0.63
Individualized education plan, n (%)	0	7 (35)	7 (21)	0.03
Asthma, n (%)	0	0	0
Recurrent otitis media, n (%)	0	3 (15)	3 (9)	0.26
Chronic condition, n (%)	3 (23)	3 (15)	6 (18)	0.66
Tympanostomy tubes, n (%)	2 (15)	9 (45)	11 (33)	0.13
Other ear surgery, n (%)	1 (8)	7 (35)	8 (24)	0.11
Dominant hand, n (%)				0.54
Left	3 (23)	2 (10)	5 (15)
Right	9 (69)	17 (85)	26 (79)
Both	1 (8)	1 (5)	2 (6)
Wear glasses, n (%)	4 (31)	12 (60)	16 (49)	0.16

NH, children with normal-hearing; UHL, children with unilateral hearing loss; SD, standard deviation