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Of those, 1,070 (2.7%) people with cochlear implants indicated ASL as their preferred language. Chi-square, Fisher's exact, and two-sample\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      tests compared differences between ASL communicators and noncommunicators in terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity, insurance, explantation, socioeconomic status (SES)\/social vulnerability index (SVI), and urban\/rural categories. Univariate and multivariate analyses evaluated the association between these variables and explantation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Pediatric ASL communicators were significantly older than pediatric noncommunicators, whereas adult ASL users were younger. Female (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1.33), Hispanic (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 2.51), and urban (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1.65) patients had increased odds of communicating with ASL. ASL users were more likely to be in the most vulnerable SES (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1.69) and SVI (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1.71) groups and undergo explantation (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 2.41). Multivariate analysis identified ASL (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 2.55) as the main associated variable with explantation. Pediatric patients were also associated with increased odds of being explanted (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">OR<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1.31).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There are socioeconomic and demographic differences between Deaf people with cochlear implants and the general CI recipient population. 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