Table 1.
Participant characteristics for children by Cohort.
| Cohort | Child | Sex | Race/ethnicity | Free/reduced meal eligibility | Hearing status | Laterality of hearing loss | Type of hearing loss | Degree of hearing loss | Device | # of recordings | Age at study onset (mos.) | Age of CI implantation/HA fitting (mos.) | Hearing age at study onset (mos.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before COVID-19 (Cohort 1) | 1 | F | White/non-hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Moderately severe | HA | 5 | 43 | 10 | 33 |
| 2 | M | White/hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | L: Mild to severe R: Severe to profound | CI + HA | 5 | 51 | 22 | 28 | |
| 3 | F | White/hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Profound | CI | 3 | 39 | 18 | 21 | |
| 4 | F | Unknown or not reported/hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | L: Mild sloping to moderately severe R: Mild sloping to moderate | HA | 5 | 40 | 11 | 29 | |
| 5 | M | Unknown or not reported/hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | L: Mild sloping to moderately severe R: Mild sloping to moderate | HA | 5 | 39 | 15 | 24 | |
| 6 | M | White/hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Severe rising to moderate | HA | 3 | 41 | 8 | 34 | |
| 7 | M | Black/non-hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Mild to moderate | HA | 4 | 43 | 13 | 30 | |
| 8 | F | White/hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Severe to profound | CI | 1 | 46 | 15 | 31 | |
| 9 | M | Black/non-hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | L: Mild sloping to moderately severe R: Severe | HA | 2 | 42 | 37 | 5 | |
| 10 | M | Asian/non-hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 46 | N/A | 46 | |
| 11 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 38 | N/A | 38 | |
| 12 | F | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 43 | N/A | 43 | |
| 13 | M | White/non-hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 41 | N/A | 41 | |
| 14 | F | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 40 | N/A | 40 | |
| 15 | F | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 44 | N/A | 44 | |
| 16 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3 | 39 | N/A | 39 | |
| 17 | F | Asian/non-hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 47 | N/A | 47 | |
| 18 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 47 | N/A | 47 | |
| 19 | F | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 40 | N/A | 40 | |
| 20 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | 47 | N/A | 47 | |
| During COVID-19 (Cohort 2) | 1 | F | White/hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Mild to moderate | HA | 4 | 48 | 8 | 41 |
| 2 | M | Unknown or not reported/hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Profound | CI | 6 | 53 | 22 | 31 | |
| 3 | M | White/hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Mild to moderate | HA | 5 | 54 | 21 | 33 | |
| 4 | M | Black/non-hispanic | Eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Moderately severe flat | HA | 5 | 54 | 4 | 50 | |
| 5 | M | Unknown or not reported/hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Profound | CI | 5 | 47 | 29 | 17 | |
| 6 | M | Unknown or not reported/hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Mild to moderately severe | HA | 6 | 60 | 41 | 19 | |
| 7 | M | More than one race/hispanic | Not eligible | HL | Bilateral | Sensorineural | Profound | CI | 6 | 47 | 10 | 37 | |
| 8 | M | Black/non-hispanic | Eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | 49 | N/A | 49 | |
| 9 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | 44 | N/A | 44 | |
| 10 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 46 | N/A | 46 | |
| 11 | M | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | 46 | N/A | 46 | |
| 12 | M | More than one race/non-hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | 51 | N/A | 51 | |
| 13 | M | White/non-hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | 47 | N/A | 47 | |
| 14 | F | White/hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | 53 | N/A | 53 | |
| 15 | F | Black/non-hispanic | Not eligible | TH | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7 | 46 | N/A | 46 |
HL, hearing loss; TH, typically hearing; HA, hearing aids; CI, Cochlear implant. For children who had separate implantation/fitting dates for each of their hearing devices, the first implantation/fitting date was used.