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Table 3 Comparing the effect of superiority of the right to the left ear according to the results of the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility “PSI” test (Arabic version) among the studied ADHD children using the paired t test

From: Exploring the relation between the central auditory processing functions and language development among Arabic-speaking children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The participating ADHD children (n = 30)

Subsets of PSI test–the Arabic version

Right ear

Left ear

Paired t test

Mean (± SD)

Mean (± SD)

t value

p value

ICM*

 + 4

54.33 (± 24.023)

49.67 (± 23.116)

1.316

0.000*

0

27.67 (± 20.625)

27.00 (± 21.995)

0.250

0.000*

CCM**

0

82.67 (± 21.804)

65.33 (± 32.455)

3.184

0.012*

 − 20

54.33 (± 33.803)

38.33 (± 33.434)

3.413

0.000*

  1. PSI Pediatric Speech Intelligibility
  2. *ICM ipsilateral competing message
  3. **CCM contra-lateral competing message
  4. Paired samples test: *p value < 0.01 is highly significant