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Table 5 Comparison between rater 1 and 2 in subjective assessment

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

	Group A (n = 11)				Group B (n = 10)
	ICC	p	(95% CI)	LOA	ICC	p	(95% CI)	LOA
Anger pattern
Pre-therapy	0.722^*	0.002^*	0.268–0.916	Moderate	1.000^*	< 0.001^*	1.000–1.000	Excellent
Post-therapy	0.962^*	< 0.001^*	0.872–0.989	Excellent	0.914^*	< 0.001^*	0.694–0.978	Excellent
Verbal disapproval
Pre-therapy	0.974^*	< 0.001^*	0.912–0.993	Excellent	1.000^*	< 0.001^*	1.000–1.000	Excellent
Post-therapy	0.845^*	< 0.001^*	0.530–0.956	Good	0.758^*	0.003^*	0.286–0.934	Good
Verbal exclamation
Pre-therapy	0.890^*	< 0.001^*	0.660–0.969	Good	0.862^*	< 0.001^*	0.539–0.964	Good
Post-therapy	0.938^*	< 0.001^*	0.798–0.983	Excellent	0.882^*	< 0.001^*	0.598–0.969	Good
Wishful thinking
Pre-therapy	0.917^*	< 0.001^*	0.726–0.977	Excellent	0.965^*	< 0.001^*	0.866–0.991	Excellent
Post-therapy	0.771^*	0.001^*	0.377–0.932	Moderate	0.949^*	< 0.001^*	0.810–0.987	Excellent
Warning speech
Pre-therapy	0.693^*	0.005^*	0.231–0.905	Moderate	1.000^*	< 0.001^*	1.000–1.000	Excellent
Post-therapy	1.000	< 0.001^*	1.00–1.00	Excellent	1.000^*	< 0.001^*	1.000–1.000	Excellent

ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, LOA level of agreement, p p value for comparing between rater 1 and 2
*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05, Group A cases, Group B control
Value of ICC below < 0.50: poor agreement, between 0.50 and < 0.75: moderate agreement, between 0.75 and .90: Good agreement, above 0.90: excellent agreement

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