TABLE 1
Estimated number of words spoken per day for female and male study participants across six samples. N = 396. Year refers to the year when the data collection started; duration refers to the approximate number of days participants wore the EAR; the weighted average weighs the respective sample group mean by the sample size of the group.
| SAMPLE | YEAR | LOCATION | DURATION | AGE RANGE (YEARS) | SAMPLE SIZE (N) | ESTIMATED AVERAGE NUMBER (SD) OF WORDS SPOKEN PER DAY | ||
| WOMEN | MEN | WOMEN | MEN | |||||
| 1 | 2004 | USA | 7 days | 18–29 | 56 | 56 | 18,443 (7460) | 16,576 (7871) |
| 2 | 2003 | USA | 4 days | 17–23 | 42 | 37 | 14,297 (6441) | 14,060 (9065) |
| 3 | 2003 | Mexico | 4 days | 17–25 | 31 | 20 | 14,704 (6215) | 15,022 (7864) |
| 4 | 2001 | USA | 2 days | 17–22 | 47 | 49 | 16,177 (7520) | 16,569 (9108) |
| 5 | 2001 | USA | 10 days | 18–26 | 7 | 4 | 15,761 (8985) | 24,051 (10,211) |
| 6 | 1998 | USA | 4 days | 17–23 | 27 | 20 | 16,496 (7914) | 12,867 (8343) |
| Weighted average | 16,215 (7301) | 15,669 (8633) | ||||||