. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Audiol. 2017 Oct 3;57(SUP2):S41–S54. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2017.1380851

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants.

Characteristics	Participants (N=232)
Gender (Male)
No. (percentage)	138 (59.5%)
Presence of additional disabilities (AD)
No. (percentage)	81 (34.9%)
Age at HA fitting (months)
Mean (SD)	10.5 (10.1)
Median	6.0
Interquartile range	2.8–16.3
Degree of Hearing Loss^* (4FA HL in better ear)
No. (percentage): Mild (≤ 40 dB)	57 (24.6%)
No. (percentage): Moderate (41–60 dB)	127 (54.7%)
No. (percentage): Severe (61–80 dB)	48 (20.7%)
Prescription
No. (percentage) fitted with NAL^@ prescription	158 (68.1%)
No. (percentage) fitted with DSL^# prescription	74 (31.9%)

Note:

4FA HL= Four frequency average hearing loss (average of hearing threshold levels at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz).

NAL prescription = children fitted with either NAL-NL1 or NAL-NL2.

DSL prescription = children fitted with either DSL v.4 or DSL v.5.