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 5 Descriptive statistics and results of unpaired t-test for both groups

Time-point	Groups	RS		ES		WC		SI		MLU
Time-point	Groups	Mean ± SD	P	Mean ± SD	P	Mean ± SD	P	Mean ± SD	P	Mean ± SD	P
Pre-therapy	Group A	2.8 ± 6.85	ns	3.26 ± 6.08	ns	0.53 ± 0.5	ns	0.6 ± 0.74	ns	0.67 ± 0.6	0.02
Pre-therapy	Group B	0.067 ± 0.26	ns	0.53 ± 1.36	ns	0.27 ± 0.46	ns	0.2 ± 0.4	ns	0.2 ± 0.4	0.02
3 months	Group A	13.9 ± 11.6	0.027	16 ± 18.5	0.013	1.33 ± 0.97	0.025	1.33 ± 1	0.003	1.4 ± 1	0.009
3 months	Group B	5.6 ± 7.5	0.027	2.87 ± 5.11	0.013	0.67 ± 0.5	0.025	0.47 ± 0.52	0.003	0.6 ± 0.5	0.009
6 months	Group A	24.5 ± 15.4	0.011	34 ± 37	0.016	1.53 ± 1	0.042	1.7 ± 0.7	0.006	1.8 ± 1.15	0.036
6 months	Group B	11.5 ± 9.8	0.011	8.53 ± 9.75	0.016	0.93 ± 0.46	0.042	0.87 ± 0.74	0.006	1 ± 0.6	0.036
9 months	Group A	30.6 ± 16.2	0.047	71 ± 83.5	0.034	2.53 ± 1.7	0.03	2.13 ± 0.64	0.028	3.07 ± 1.22	0.016
9 months	Group B	19.7 ± 12.3	0.047	21 ± 24	0.034	1.47 ± 0.74	0.03	1.47 ± 0.9	0.028	2.07 ± 0.88	0.016

Table 5 shows the means, standard deviation (SD), and P-values of the comparisons between language parameters in both groups
RS Receptive semantics, ES Expressive semantics, WC Word class score, SI Speech intelligibility score, MLU Mean length of utterance