Table 5.

Results of the mixed-effects analyses testing whether the three outcomes of speech recognition development vary between the first and second implanted ears of children with sequential bilateral implantations.

Parameter	Estimate (β)	SE	t	p
Slope
Intercept	5.75	1.65	3.84	.002
Ear implanted	−0.66	2.31	−0.28	.78
Time between activation and plateau onset
Intercept	6.58	0.98	6.74	.0000
Ear implanted	−3.66	1.38	−2.65	.01*
Score at plateau
Intercept	19.90	0.22	89.62	.000
Ear implanted	−0.90	0.29	−3.15	.004**

Note. Statistically significant p values are in bold font.

^*Significant differences are represented with p values < .05.

^**Significant differences are represented with p values < .01.