The Impact of Hearing Aids on Speech Perception in Mandarin-Speaking Children

Table 2

The number of children who were tested in each category of the MESP test and the percentages of children who achieved each category.

Age at the time of fitting	<1 year		1–2 years			2–3 years
	24 months	36 months	12 months	24 months	36 months	12 months	24 months	36 months
Number
Category 2	42	38	23	18	14	19	14	12
Category 3	41	36	22	18	14	17	14	12
Category 4	37	36	19	15	13	16	13	12
Category 5	36	35	17	13	13	16	12	11
Category 6	35	34	17	12	13	15	11	11
Proportion (%)
Category 2	100	100	86.4	100	100	84.2	100	100
Category 3	100	100	87	100	100	88.2	100	100
Category 4	86.5	91.7	47.1	80	92.3	43.7	92.3	100
Category 5	77.8	94.2	52.9	76.9	92.3	56.3	83.3	91.6
Category 6	77.1	91.2	41.2	83.3	92.3	43.8	81.8	91.6