Distribution of hearing and language measures in Australian children and parents
| Hearing/language measures | All | Males | Females | ||||||
| N | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | N | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | N | Mean (SD) | 95% CI | |
| Children | |||||||||
| Hearing threshold, dB HL | 1488 | 8.3 (6.3) | 7.9 to 8.6 | 741 | 7.7 (5.9) | 7.2 to 8.2 | 747 | 8.8 (6.9) | 8.2 to 9.4 |
| Speech reception threshold, dB | 1483 | −14.3 (2.4) | −14.4 to −14.1 | 740 | −14.3 (2.3) | −14.4 to −14.1 | 743 | −14.3 (2.5) | −14.5 to −14.1 |
| Receptive vocabulary | 1443 | 1.4 (1.5) | 1.3 to 1.5 | 727 | 1.5 (1.5) | 1.4 to 1.6 | 716 | 1.3 (1.5) | 1.1 to 1.4 |
| Sentence repetition (raw) | 1441 | 69.7 (12.9) | 68.8 to 70.6 | 717 | 69.0 (13.5) | 67.7 to 70.4 | 724 | 70.4 (12.5) | 69.2 to 71.6 |
| Sentence repetition (scaled) | 1441 | 9.8 (2.9) | 9.6 to 9.9 | 717 | 9.6 (3.0) | 9.3 to 9.9 | 724 | 9.9 (2.8) | 9.6 to 10.1 |
| Parents | |||||||||
| Hearing threshold, dB HL | 1493 | 13.4 (7.0) | 13.0 to 13.8 | 198 | 14.4 (8.4) | 13.2 to 15.7 | 1295 | 13.3 (6.8) | 12.8 to 13.7 |
| Speech reception threshold, dB | 1482 | −14.9 (3.2) | −15.1 to −14.7 | 195 | −14.4 (2.8) | −14.8 to −13.9 | 1287 | −15.0 (3.2) | −15.2 to −14.8 |
| Receptive vocabulary | 1457 | 5.5 (2.1) | 5.4 to 5.7 | 197 | 5.8 (2.4) | 5.3 to 6.2 | 1260 | 5.5 (2.1) | 5.3 to 5.6 |
| Sentence repetition (raw) | 1446 | 80.0 (14.5) | 79.0 to 81.0 | 188 | 79.1 (14.6) | 76.4 to 81.7 | 1258 | 80.1 (14.5) | 79.0 to 81.2 |
| Sentence repetition (scaled) | 1446 | 9.1 (3.3) | 8.8 to 9.3 | 188 | 8.8 (3.4) | 8.1 to 9.4 | 1258 | 9.1 (3.3) | 8.9 to 9.3 |
All values are weighted. n=number of participants in cohort with this measure (denominator).
dB HL, decibels hearing level.