Table 2.
Means and ranges of performance on tasks of quality of life, speech recognition, other auditory outcome measures, and non-auditory language/cognitive predictor measures. NCIQ: Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire. LSPAN: Listening Span task of auditory verbal working memory capacity
| Mean | N | (Min-Max) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of Life | |||
| NCIQ (sum score) | 417.1 | 25 | (264-554) |
| Physical - Basic sound perception | 64.5 | 25 | (30-100) |
| Physical - Advanced sound perception | 81.5 | 25 | (50-100) |
| Physical - Speech production | 61.4 | 25 | (28-98) |
| Psychological - Self-esteem | 70.7 | 25 | (22-92) |
| Social - Activity limitations | 74.7 | 25 | (28-98) |
| Social - Social interactions | 64.3 | 25 | (24-85) |
| Speech Recognition (percent words correct) | |||
| Words in quiet | 74.3 | 23 | (26-98) |
| IEEE Sentences in quiet | 77.4 | 24 | (45.3-90.7) |
| PRESTO Sentences in quiet | 65.6 | 24 | (12.1-96.9) |
| High-context Sentences in noise | 46.8 | 21 | (0-97.6) |
| Complex Sentences in noise | 28.4 | 21 | (1-76.8) |
| Other Auditory Outcome Measures | |||
| Audiovisual sentence recognition (percent words correct) | 92.3 | 25 | (52-100) |
| Environmental sound identification (percent correct) | 63.8 | 25 | (40-88) |
| LSPAN (total correct letters) | 27.4 | 17 | (0-57) |
| Non-auditory Predictor Measures | |||
| Digit span (total digits correct) | 42.9 | 25 | (14-79) |
| Rapid reading (percent words correct) | 73.3 | 25 | (55-89) |
| Inhibition-concentration (response time congruent, milliseconds) | 1434.5 | 25 | (828-2824) |
| Inhibition-concentration (response time incongruent, milliseconds) | 1859.6 | 25 | (845-6397) |
| Lip reading sentences (percent words correct) | 10.0 | 25 | (0-54) |