Table 1.

Age distribution of the children in the intervention and control groups

Groups	N	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± Sd	P value
Controla	30	16	55	34.4 ± 11.93	0.4
Hyper bilirubin & blood exchange	26	13	48	29.07 ± 8.97
Hyper bilirubin with no blood exchange	24	19	69	32.91 ± 12.64
Auditory neuropathy	26	14	65	32.80 ± 13.9
Total	106	13	69	32.36 ± 11.98

^aCochlear implanted children with no specific etiology for hearing impairment