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. 2017 Nov;140(5):e20171517. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-1517

TABLE 2.

Neurodevelopmental Assessments Among Patients With Normal Hearing or With SNHL by Age 2 y and Controls

Neurodevelopmental Assessment Patients With Normal Hearing (N = 78) Patients With SNHL (N = 11) Controls (N = 40)
Full-scale intelligence
 No. of children tested (%) 75 (96) 11 (100) 39 (98)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 7 (5–8) 7 (6–8) 4 (2–5)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 17.1 (14.5–17.5) 17.7 (17.4–18.3) 17.1 (14.6–17.6)
Verbal intelligence
 No. of children tested (%) 72 (92) 10 (91) 35 (88)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 4 (3–4) 4 (4–4) 3 (2–4)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 17.2 (15.8–17.6) 17.8 (17.5–17.9) 17.4 (16.6–17.7)
Nonverbal intelligence
 No. of children tested (%) 72 (92) 11 (100) 35 (88)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 4 (3–4) 4 (3–4) 3 (2–4)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 17.2 (15.8–17.6) 17.7 (17.4–17.9) 17.4 (16.6–17.7)
Receptive vocabulary
 No. of children tested (%) 72 (92) 11 (100) 35 (88)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 3 (2–4) 4 (3–5) 2 (2–3)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 17.1 (14.6–17.6) 17.7 (17.4–17.9) 17.2 (15.6–17.6)
Expressive vocabulary
 No. of children tested (%) 70 (90) 11 (100) 33 (83)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 2.5 (2–3) 3 (2–3) 1 (1–2)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 13.3 (10.1–13.7) 13.2 (11.3–13.6) 13.4 (12.3–14.1)
Academic achievement: math
 No. of children tested (%) 70 (90) 11 (100) 35 (88)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 3 (2–4) 3 (3–4) 2 (2–3)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 17.2 (16.4–17.6) 17.7 (17.4–17.9) 17.4 (16.9–17.7)
Academic achievement: reading
 No. of children tested (%) 70 (90) 11 (100) 35 (88)
 Median no. of tests (IQR) 3 (2–4) 3 (3–4) 2 (2–3)
 Median age at last assessment, y (IQR) 17.2 (16.4–17.6) 17.7 (17.4–17.9) 17.2 (16.4–17.6)

IQR, interquartile range.