Table 2. Statistics of speech recognition rates in the high- and low-level groups. The number indicates correctly recognized words, followed by the percentage in parenthesis. SD indicates the standard deviation; Max, the highest instance; Min, the lowest instance

Groups Statistics Content words (%) Function words (%) All words (%)
High Average 37.7 (80.1) 43.5 (85.2) 81.1 (82.8)
SD 1.8 (3.8) 1.5 (3.0) 2.1 (2.2)
Max 41 (87.2) 45 (88.2) 86 (87.8)
Min 35 (74.5) 40 (78.4) 78 (79.6)
Low Average 31.6 (67.2) 40.0 (78.4) 71.6 (73.0)
SD 3.5 (7.4) 2.1 (4.1) 4.9 (5.0)
Max 37 (78.7) 43 (84.3) 77 (78.6)
Min 26 (55.3) 36 (70.6) 62 (63.3)