Table 1.
Demographic characteristics for children who are hard of hearing (CHH) and children with normal hearing (CNH).
| Variable | CHH (n = 93) |
CNH (n = 62) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | Range | M (SD) | Range | |
| BEPTA (dB HL) a | 43.14 (16.06) | 7.5–75 | < 20 | |
| Aided BESII | 0.78 (.14) | 0.38–.99 | ||
| Age at confirmation (months) | 20.90 (22.62) | 0.25–84.00 | ||
| Age at HA fitting (months) | 21.81 (21.83) | 1.50–68.00 | ||
| Maternal education level (years) | 15.09 (2.50) | 8.00–22.00 | 15.94 (3.05) | 8.00–22.00 |
Note. BEPTA = better ear pure-tone average in dB HL; BESII = better ear speech intelligibility index; HA = hearing aid.
a
The criteria for study enrollment for children who were hard of hearing was a BEPTA of no better than 25 dB HL and no poorer than 75 dB HL. Exceptions were made to include children with mild high-frequency hearing level (three-frequency pure-tone average less than 25 dB HL in the better ear, but thresholds greater than 25 dB HL at 3, 4, or 6 kHz).