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 |  |  |