Table 1.
Participant characteristics by cohort.
Cohort | Number of Observations | Mean (sd) Days Between Observations | TH n / HL n | CI n / HA n | Female n / Male n | Bilingual n / Monolingual n | Mean (sd) Age* | Mean (sd) Age of CI/HA** | Mean (sd) Hearing Age*** | Mean (sd) range PLS-5 AC scores | Mean (sd) range PLS-5 EC scores |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 9.34 (3.50) | 3 / 7 | 5 / 2 | 8 / 2 | 4 / 6 | 37.48 (2.55) | 15.86 (4.71) | 26.37 (9.32) | 85.38 (26.73) 60–134 | 89.93 (34.87) 66–139 |
2 | 11 | 20.40 (10.49) | 2 / 7 | 5 / 2 | 5 / 4 | 4 / 5 | 33.20 (2.64) | 14.89 (6.36) | 21.62 (9.16) | 99.28 (23.16) 50–125 | 97.04 (17.81) 68–127 |
3 | 13 | 19.42 (14.99) | 3 / 7 | 3 / 4 | 4 / 6 | 6 / 4 | 35.38 (5.05) | 17.14 (7.86) | 23.38 (8.01) | 90.81 (23.16) 50–132 | 89.89 (25.82) 50–130 |
Total | 34 | 17.37 (13.45) | 8 / 21 | 13 / 8 | 17 / 12 | 14 / 15 | 35.68 (3.95) | 16.08 (6.23) | 24.04 (8.81) | 92.68 (27.76) 50–134 | 92.53 (23.13) 50–139 |
Note. TH – typical hearing; HL – hearing loss; CI – cochlear implant; HA – hearing aid. Ages in months.
Age of first observation.
Age of CI activation or HA fitting.
Age with corrected (or typical) hearing.
Auditory Comprehension (receptive language ability); EC: Expressive Communication (expressive language ability)