Table 4.
Mean outcomes at baseline and 18 months (N = 20).
| Baseline | 18 months | p-value∗ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing – Objective measures | 0.000 | ||
| Speech perception – CVC word score % | 9.4 | 66.3 | |
| Speech perception – CVC phoneme score % | 27.4 | 82.4 | |
| Speech perception – SRT | 16.0 | 6.2 | |
| Hearing – Subjective measures | 0.000 | ||
| APHAB Global | 15.19 | 44.66 | |
| APHAB Ease of communication | 18.41 | 52.49 | |
| APHAB Reverberation | 12.76 | 42.27 | |
| APHAB Background noise | 14.41 | 39.23 | |
| APHAB Aversiveness | −22.12 | −16.02 | |
| Cognition | |||
| GML | 59.17 | 48.26 | |
| IDN | 2.77 | 2.79 | |
| OCL | 0.94 | 0.93 | |
| ONB | 2.95 | 2.95 | |
| DET | 2.61 | 2.64 | |
| HUI3 total | 0.56 | 0.67 | |
| HUI3 hearing disability | 0.38 | 0.67 | |
| Activity – total | 4541.17 | 5984.76 | |
| Loneliness total | 2.64 | 1.39 | |
| Lubben total | 45.36 | 44.77 | |
| Bayer conversation | 5.22 | 2.83 | |
| Bayer telephone | 6.13 | 5.57 | |
| Depression | 2.22 | 1.96 | |
| Anxiety | 4.00 | 3.13 |
∗p-values are from joint tests of equality of means for the multiple outcomes.