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Table 2 Associations between mode of communication and study variables among CI users (in percentages)

From: Associations between ethnicity, place of residence, hearing status of family and habilitation of children with hearing impairment

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

  
  1. p < .001*** p < .01** p < .05*