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Table 4 Summary of significant effects in the regression analysis for experienced difficulty communicating with people who wear masks

From: How do face masks impact communication amongst deaf/HoH people?

Model

b

t

p

95% CI

 

LL

UL

Outcome measure: general difficulty communicating with people wearing masks

1

Lipreading fluency

0.164

3.149

0.002

0.043

0.186

2

Residence * Lipreading fluency

0.171

2.679

0.008

0.029

0.188

2

Level deaf. * Onset deaf

 − 0.167

 − 2.795

0.005

 − 0.202

 − 0.035

Outcome measure: difficulty communicating with people who wear masks in professional settings

1

Residence

0.104

2.014

0.045

0.002

0.155

2

Level deaf. * Onset deaf

 − 0.125

 − 2.072

0.039

 − 0.190

 − 0.005

3

Lipreading fluency

 − 0.256

 − 2.097

0.037

 − 0.378

 − 0.012

3

Residence * Lipreading fluency

0.219

2.312

0.021

0.023

0.282

3

Level deaf. * SL

 − 0.194

 − 1.996

0.047

 − 0.298

 − 0.002

Outcome measure: difficulty communicating with people wearing masks in informal social situations

1

Onset deaf

 − 0.144

 − 2.500

0.013

 − 0.321

 − 0.038

1

SL

 − 0.126

 − 2.168

0.031

 − 0.308

 − 0.015

1

Lipreading fluency

0.140

2.831

0.005

0.054

0.302

2

Residence

0.199

3.178

0.002

0.095

0.404

2

Residence * Level deaf

 − 0.142

 − 2.130

0.034

 − 0.318

 − 0.013

2

Residence * SL

0.160

2.201

0.028

0.020

0.354

2

Level deaf. * Onset deaf

 − 0.211

 − 3.806

0.000

 − 0.415

 − 0.132

3

Onset deaf

 − 0.271

 − 2.076

0.039

 − 0.660

 − 0.018

3

Level deaf. * Onset deaf

 − 0.185

 − 1.996

0.047

 − 0.476

 − 0.003

  1. CI = confidence interval; LL = lower limit; UL = upper limit. The predictors were vector coded: Residence: UK = 1, Spain =  − 1; Level deaf.: Deaf = 1, HoH =  − 1; Onset deaf.: Early = 1, Late =  − 1; SL: Know SL = 1, Does not know SL =  − 1; Lipreading fluency: Fluent = 1, non-fluent =  − 1