|
Variable
|
Oral Communication (n = 439)
|
Manual Communication (n = 413)
|
Combined Communication (n = 358)
|
Df
|
χ2
|
|---|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
34.9
|
37.1
|
28.0
|
2
|
6.183*
|
|
Female
|
38.0
|
30.3
|
31.6
| | |
|
Age
|
|
18–24
|
35.8
|
30.9
|
33.3
|
2
|
7.816*
|
|
25–30
|
36.7
|
36.8
|
26.5
| | |
|
Ethnicity
|
|
General
|
43.9
|
22.8
|
33.3
|
4
|
262.402**
|
|
Ultra-Orthodox
|
85.9
|
2.1
|
12.0
| | |
|
Arab
|
15.4
|
56.7
|
27.8
| | |
|
District
|
|
Tel Aviv
|
44.5
|
21.9
|
33.6
|
14
|
182.794***
|
|
Center
|
43.3
|
22.1
|
34.6
| | |
|
Haifa
|
32.2
|
29.4
|
38.5
| | |
|
North
|
27.7
|
41.4
|
30.9
| | |
|
Jerusalem
|
47.9
|
25.5
|
26.6
| | |
|
South
|
10.6
|
73.3
|
16.1
| | |
|
Judea/Samaria
|
69.7
|
12.1
|
18.2
| | |
|
Ashdod/Ashkelon
|
48.4
|
25.0
|
26.6
| | |
|
First-degree relatives with HL
|
|
Yes
|
27.3
|
40.1
|
32.6
|
2
|
55.309***
|
|
No
|
46.2
|
21.4
|
32.4
| | |
|
Assistive device
|
|
CI
|
53.6
|
14.0
|
32.4
|
4
|
295.155***
|
|
Hearing aid
|
36.1
|
29.7
|
34.2
| | |
|
No device
|
7.8
|
78.9
|
13.3
| | |
- p < .001*** p < .01** p < .05*
