Outcome of language therapy in bimodal-fit children versus unilateral cochlear implant children in bilateral sensorineural hearing impairment: a case-control study

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 4 Comparison of language parameters among different time-points within groups

Item	Group	Repeated measures one-way ANOVA		Multiple comparisons posttest
Item	Group	F	p-value	Posttest	Highest difference (pre- vs 9 ms)	p-value
Receptive semantics	A	(1.54–21.65) = 35.45	P < 0.001	Tukey	27.8	P < 0.001
Receptive semantics	B	(1.44–20.14) = 32.48	P < 0.001	Tukey	19.6	P < 0.001
Expressive semantics	A	(1.032, 14.45) = 10.4	P = 0.0056	Tukey	68.4	P = 0.004
Expressive semantics	B	(1.039–14.54) = 12.35	P = 0.003	Tukey	20.53	0.0114
Word class^a	A		P < 0.001	Dunn	36.5^b	P < 0.001
Word class^a	B		P < 0.001	Dunn	28^b	P < 0.001
Mean length of utterance	A	(2.36–33.11) = 45.36	P < 0.001	Tukey	2.4	P < 0.001
Mean length of utterance	B	(1.89–26.56) = 35.04	P < 0.001	Tukey	1.86	P < 0.001
Speech intelligibility^a	A		P < 0.001	Dunn	34^b	P < 0.001
Speech intelligibility^a	B		P < 0.001	Dunn	29^b	P < 0.001

Table 4 shows comparison of the improvement over time in groups A and B by repeated measures one-way ANOVA and multiple comparisons posttest
^aIn these noncontinuous data, the nonparametric repeated measure one-way ANOVA (Friedman’s test) was applied (no F-values). Dunn’s test is the posttest for the nonparametric comparisons
^bThese values represent the highest rank sum differences (nonparametric). However, the rest of values in the column (parametric) represent the highest mean difference