Table 3 Results of the statistical analysis of the d′ data obtained in the discrimination task, for isolated sweep rates (shown in the bottom panels of Figs 1 and 2).

From: A tonal-language benefit for pitch in normally-hearing and cochlear-implanted children

Sweep rate

(semitones/sec)

0.5

1

2

4

8

16

32

64

language

  

F(1,130) = 8.7

*p = 0.004

F(1,132) = 20.8

*p < 0.001

F(1,135) = 14.1

*p < 0.001

F(1,137) = 25.7

*p < 0.001

  

hearing

  

F(1,130) = 49.7

*p < 0.001

F(1,132) = 111.0

*p < 0.001

F(1,135) = 163.7

*p < 0.001

F(1,137) = 138.9

*p < 0.001

  

language × hearing

  

F(1,130) = 6.5

*p = 0.012

F(1,132) = 6.6

*p = 0.011

F(1,135) = 9.7

*p = 0.002

F(1,137) = 7.8

*p = 0.006

  

NH-US vs. NH-Taiwan

t(52) = 0.5,

p = 0.654

t(81) = 1.3,

p = 0.194

F(1,130) = 22.2

*p < 0.001

F(1,132) = 36.8

*p < 0.001

F(1,135) = 33.7

*p < 0.001

F(1,137) = 43.8

*p < 0.001

  

CI-US vs. CI-Taiwan

  

F(1,130) < 0.1

p = 0.808

F(1,132) = 1.5

p = 0.223

F(1,135) = 0.2

p = 0.696

F(1,137) = 2.0

p = 0.161

t(57) = 0.4,

p = 0.660

t(57) = 0.7,

p = 0.507