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Table 1 Demographic properties of participant groups

From: Read my lips! Perception of speech in noise by preschool children with autism and the impact of watching the speaker’s face

Group

Age when tested

Gender

Mullen Receptive Language raw scores

Primary caregiver years education*

Racial/ethnic background*

Autism (n = 17)

50.3 m (10.6)

11 m, 6 f

28.6 (10.3)

16.7

60% Caucasian, 33% Black, 7% Asian; 7% Hispanic

Age-matched controls (n = 17)

50.1 m (10.5)

11 m, 6 f

42.0 (6.1)

17.0

50% Caucasian, 13% Black, 31% Asian, 6% American Indian; 13% Hispanic

Language-matched controls (n = 13)

35.5 m (12.8)

7 m, 6 f

32.9 (7.3)

17.8

73% Caucasian, 18% Black, 9% Asian; 18% Hispanic

Autism subset matched for language (n = 13)

51.5 m (9.9)

9 m, 4 f

32.5 (7.3)

16.2

64% Caucasian, 27% Black, 9% Asian; 0% Hispanic

  1. Numbers in parenthesis are standard deviations
  2. *2 individuals with autism and 3 control participants did not complete questionnaires. Numbers do not total 100% because ethnicity and racial background were separate questions