Table 1.
Demographic information for mothers and their infants with cochlear implants (CIs).
| ID | Etiology | Race | Maternal education | Maternal age | Gender | Age at CI | Mean PTA | Com mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2514 CI | Genetic | Caucasian | 12 | 21 | M | 12.77 | 117 | TC |
| 2518 CI | Genetic | Caucasian | 16 | 31 | M | 11.88 | 109 | OC |
| 2525 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | — | — | M | 16.11 | 120 | OC |
| 2529 CI | Genetic | More than one race | 18 | 38 | M | 16.47 | 114 | OC |
| 2533 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 16 | 33 | F | 8.31 | 120 | TC |
| 2534 CI | Genetic | Caucasian | 16 | 28 | M | 10.4 | 107 | OC |
| 2535 CI | Genetic | Caucasian | 13 | 33 | F | 16.7 | 114 | OC |
| 2536 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 16 | 36 | M | 21.48 | 99 | OC |
| 2540 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 16 | 27 | F | 13.16 | 120 | TC |
| 2542 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 12 | 34 | M | 12.76 | 88 | OC |
| 2813 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 12 | 39 | M | 11.94 | 120 | OC |
| 3098 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 15 | 27 | M | 10.26 | 119 | OC |
| 3259 CI | Unknown | African American | 14 | 32 | F | 15.97 | 120 | TC |
| 3374 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | 18 | 29 | M | 13.7 | 109 | TC |
| 4083 CI | Unknown | African American | 15 | 39 | M | 17.3 | 120 | TC |
| 4574 CI | Genetic | Caucasian | 25 | 39 | M | 10.17 | 115 | OC |
| 4577 CI | Unknown | Caucasian | — | — | M | 16.87 | 87 | OC |
| M (SD) | 15.6 (3.27) | 32.4 (5.34) | 13.90 (3.38) | 112 (11) |
Note. Maternal education and maternal age are in years. Em dashes indicate information not available. PTA = mean unaided pure-tone average before implantation in dB HL (amount of residual hearing pre-implantation); Com mode = the type of communication program the infant was following in speech language therapy; M = male; TC = total communication: a combination of spoken language and a manual communication mode; OC = oral communication: exclusively spoken; F = female.