|
Variable
|
Oral communication (n = 207)
|
Manual Communication (n = 54)
|
Combined Communication (n = 125)
|
Df
|
χ2
|
|---|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
50.0
|
17.3
|
32.7
|
2
|
4.933*
|
|
Female
|
58.1
|
9.9
|
32.0
| | |
|
Age
|
|
18–24
|
50.0
|
13.5
|
36.5
|
2
|
4.512
|
|
25–30
|
59.0
|
14.7
|
26.3
| | |
|
Ethnicity
|
|
General
|
55.8
|
10.4
|
33.8
|
4
|
68.213***
|
|
Ultra-Orthodox
|
84.4
|
1.6
|
14.1
| | |
|
Arab
|
32.2
|
34.1
|
42.7
| | |
|
Age at implantation
|
|
>3
|
70.7
|
4.9
|
24.4
|
2
|
4.232
|
|
≤3
|
55.9
|
15.8
|
28.3
| | |
|
District
|
|
Tel Aviv
|
61.7
|
10.6
|
27.7
|
14
|
42.444***
|
|
Center
|
58.7
|
8.7
|
32.6
| | |
|
Haifa
|
45.7
|
5.7
|
48.6
| | |
|
North
|
35.6
|
27.1
|
37.3
| | |
|
Jerusalem
|
61.5
|
15.4
|
23.1
| | |
|
South
|
20.0
|
32.0
|
48.0
| | |
|
Judea/Samaria
|
75.0
|
0.0
|
25.0
| | |
|
Ashdod/Ashkelon
|
64.7
|
5.9
|
29.4
| | |
|
First-degree relatives with HL
|
|
Yes
|
44.5
|
16.8
|
38.7
|
2
|
7.941**
|
|
No
|
59.3
|
12.1
|
28.5
| | |
- p < .001*** p < .01** p < .05*
