Table 1.

Demographics of Phase 3 respondents.

Respondent groups	Child	Parent	School professional
Number of children reported on (N = 907)	N = 211	N = 392	N = 226/304*
Child characteristics
Child age (mean/median & range in years)	13.2/13 (7–17)	11.2/11 (6–17)	9.8/9 (5–17)
Gender (number & percentage of sample)
Male	98 (46%)	189 (48%)	159 (52%)
Female	105 (50%)	191 (49%)	142 (47%)
Did not disclose	8 (4%)	12 (3%)	3 (1%)
Group type (number & percentage of sample)
Hearing loss	156 (74%)	296 (76%)	220 (72%)
Unilateral loss	34 (22%)	60 (20%)	DNC
Bilateral loss	122 (78%)	236 (80%)	DNC
No hearing loss	50 (24%)	93 (24%)	61 (20%)
Did not disclose	5 (2%)	3 (< 1%)	23 (8%)
Description of child's hearing impairment**	n = 156	n = 296
Slight/mild	34 (22%)	65 (22%)	DNC
Moderate	60 (38%)	115 (39%)	DNC
Severe	23 (15%)	50 (17%)	DNC
Profound	31 (20%)	59 (20%)	DNC
Did not disclose	8 (5%)	7 (2%)	DNC
Parent characteristics
Highest level of education
Some high school	NA	12 (3%)	DNC
High school grad/GED	NA	47 (12%)	DNC
Some college/postsecondary	NA	61 (16%)	DNC
Associate's degree	NA	29 (7%)	DNC
Bachelor's degree	NA	97 (25%)	DNC
Graduate/professional degree	NA	103 (26%)	DNC
Did not disclose	NA	43 (11%)	DNC
School professional characteristics
Professional type
General educator	NA	NA	72 (32%)
Deaf educator	NA	NA	79 (35%)
Special educator	NA	NA	19 (8%)
Speech-language pathologist	NA	NA	23 (10%)
Educational audiologist	NA	NA	12 (6%)
Other***	NA	NA	21 (9%)

Note. DNC = did not collect data from respondents; NA = category is not applicable to respondents; GED = General Educational Development.

^*Forty-five of the 226 participants provided data on multiple children. Forty-four of the 45 respondents reported on two to six children (mean/median = 2.8/2 children). One respondent reported on 18 children.

^**See text for descriptions. Respondents rated hearing difficulties when listening bilaterally (not ear specific).

^***Occupational therapists, educational interpreters, counselors, and paraprofessionals.