2.5 Statistical analysis
Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS software (version 22,
SPSS Inc. Chicago, USA).All data showed normal distribution.ANOVA test
was used to compare MAIS scores, pattern perception scores, sentence
recognition scores, and language performance scores between the groups.
Continuous variables (i.e., chronological age, CI age, and duration of
CI use) were reported as means, standard deviations, and ranges by
post-hoc t-test. The differences among mean with p -value
< .005 accepted as representing statistically significant
differences.