Effects of a prosody rehabilitation program on expression of affect in preschool children with hearing impairment: a randomized trial

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 3 Comparison between the two studied groups according to mean difference of Arabic language test

Mean difference of Arabic language test	Group A(n = 11)	Group B(n = 10)	U	p
Semantic language age (years)
Median (IQR)	0.50(0.0–1.25)	0.25(0.0–1.50)	48.0	0.654
Receptive language age
Median (IQR)	1.0(0.50–1.0)	0.75(0.0–1.0)	32.50	0.104
Expressive language age
Median (IQR)	0.50(0.50–1.0)	0.25(0.0–1.0)	41.0	0.304
Pragmatic age
Median (IQR)	1.0(0.25–1.25)	0.0(0.0–0.50)	28.50^*	0.046^*
Prosody age
Median (IQR)	1.0(0.75–1.75)	1.0(0.0–1.50)	43.50	0.406
Total language age
Median (IQR)	1.0(0.501.75)	0.50(0.0–0.50)	26.0^*	0.032^*

U Mann-Whitney test, IQR interquartile range, p p value for comparing between the studied groups, Group A cases, Group B control
*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05