Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations among QOL Measures from the NCIQ and Demographic/Audiologic Factors for CI Participants

r Values	Age (Years)	Duration of Hearing Loss (Years)	Duration of CI Use (Years)
NCIQ (sum score)	−0.25	0.14	0.17
Physical—basic sound perception	−0.08	0.14	−0.09
Physical—advanced sound perception	−0.39*	0.04	0.10
Physical—speech production	−0.47**	−0.05	0.22
Physical (sum score)	−0.37*	0.06	0.08
Psychological—self-esteem (sum score)	−0.13	0.07	0.11
Social—activity limitations	−0.08	0.25	0.30
Social—social interactions	−0.21	0.30	0.12
Social (sum score)	−0.14	0.28	0.23

Note: Bold values have a significant p value after Holm–Bonferroni correction.

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01