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Table 3 Comparing the education skills of children with and without hearing loss

From: Social inclusion for children with hearing loss in listening and spoken Language early intervention: an exploratory study

Item

  

Hearing loss

HL

n (%)

No HL

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

Wald

P

SE

Number of children’s books child has at home, including library booksa

 More than 21 (reference: 20 or fewer)

75 (96.1)

2936 (90.0)

3.38 (0.81–14.13)

2.78

.096

.730

Child is able to read simple words like ‘dog’ or ‘cat’b

24 (30.8)

1123 (34.5)

0.53 (0.31–0.90)

5.61

.018*

.269

Child is able to read complex words like ‘table’ and ‘orange’b

6 (7.7)

254 (7.8)

0.70 (0.29–1.72)

0.60

.440

.456

  1. n (%) the number and percentage of participants who provided this response following the conversion of the question to a dichotomous variable; HL hearing loss; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval; * = statistically significant after Bonferroni adjustment (adjusted alpha = 0.05/3 = 0.02. Analyses were adjusted for the child’s age and the primary caregiver’s level of education
  2. aResponse options on survey: none; less than 10; 10–20; 21–30; more than 30
  3. bResponse options on survey: yes; no