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Table 4 Comparing role functioning and engagement between 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 days in the past week that someone in the family has done the following with the child

 

Read to child from a booka

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

74 (94.9)

2508 (76.9)

8.31 (2.03–34.06)

8.65

.003*

.720

 

Told a story, not from a booka

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

27 (35.1)

918 (28.2)

1.59 (0.98–2.60)

3.48

.062

.250

 

Drawn pictures or did other art or crafta

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

53 (67.9)

1871 (57.4)

1.65 (1.00–2.73)

3.82

.051

.257

 

Played music, sang songs, danced or did other musical activitiesa

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

52 (66.7)

1922 (59.0)

1.54 (0.94–2.53)

2.89

.089

.254

 

Played with toys or games indoors, like board or card gamesa

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

52 (67.6)

1687 (51.7)

2.20 (1.33–3.64)

9.37

.002*

.257

 

Involved child in everyday activities at homea

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

50 (64.1)

2219 (68.1)

0.98 (0.60–1.61)

0.01

.944

.251

 

Played a game outdoors or exercised together like walking, swimming, cyclinga

3 or more days (reference: 2 or fewer days)

46 (59.0)

1971 (60.5)

1.05 (0.65–1.69)

0.04

.842

.243

When has a choice about how to spend free time, child usually chooses active pastimes or just as likely to choose active or inactive pastimesb (reference: usually chooses inactive pastimes)

53 (68.0)

2474 (75.8)

0.77 (0.46–1.29)

1.01

.316

.262

  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 = 0.05/8 = 0.006. Analyses were adjusted for the child’s age and the primary caregiver’s level of education
  2. aResponse options on survey: none; 1 or 2 days; 3–5 days; every day (6–7 days)
  3. bResponse options on survey: usually chooses inactive pastimes like TV, computer, drawing or reading; just as likely to choose active as inactive pastimes; usually chooses active pastimes like bike riding, dancing, games or sports; don’t know