Table 1.

The partial correlations (r) among predictors and dependent variables, controlling for the better-ear pure-tone average.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Age
r	–
p	–
2. RS
r	−.18
p	.128
3. WARRM
r	−.24 *	.58 **
p	.040	< .001
4. MLST-A AO SSN
r	.05	.29 **	.33 **
p	.692	.012	.004
5. MLST-A AO ISTS
r	.02	.26 *	.26 *	.94 **
p	.876	.022	.024	< .001
6. MLST-A AV SSN
r	.01	.34 **	.27 *	.84 **	.79 **
p	.946	.003	.019	< .001	< .001
7. MLST-A AV ISTS
r	−.02	.25 *	.26 *	.85 **	.83 **	.91 **
p	.901	.030	.025	< .001	< .001	< .001

Note. RS = reading span measure; WARRM = Word Auditory Recognition and Recall Measure; MLST-A = Multi-Modal Lexical Sentence Test for adults; AO = auditory-only; SSN = steady-state noise; ISTS = International Speech Test Signal; AV = auditory–visual.

^*Correlation is significant at the .05 level (2-tailed).

^**Correlation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).