Table 4 Percentage of participants with degrees of hearing impairment according to age interval. (With an average hearing degree in the good ear)
Degrees of Hearing Impairment | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Para- meters | Normal Hearing | No HI | Mild HI | Moderate HI | Severe HI | Profound HI (deaf) | Total | |
HL with normal PTA | HL at 8000 Hz | |||||||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
15–24 | 118 (98.33) | 2 (1.67) | 120 (4.87) | |||||
25–34 | 94 (92.16) | 4 (3.92) | 4 (3.92) | 102 (4.15) | ||||
35–44 | 176 (82.24) | 16 (7.48) | 18 (8.41) | 4 (1.87) | 214 (8.69) | |||
45–54 | 333 (68.94) | 95 (19.67) | 39 (8.07) | 14 (2.90) | 2 (0.41) | 483 (19.61) | ||
55–64 | 313 (42.88) | 222 (30.41) | 113 (15.48) | 70 (9.59) | 10 (1.37) | 2 (0.27) | 730 (29.64) | |
65–74 | 114 (20.04) | 231 (40.60) | 103 (18.10) | 100 (17.57) | 18 (3.16) | 3 (0.53) | 569 (23.1) | |
> 75 | 9 (3.67) | 89 (36.33) | 22 (8.98) | 91 (37.14) | 29 (11.84) | 3 (1.22) | 2 (0.82) | 245 (9.94) |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 249 (33.88) | 263 (35.78) | 74 (10.07) | 117 (15.92) | 27 (3.67) | 3 (0.41) | 2 (0.27) | 735 (29.84) |
Female | 908 (52.55) | 396 (22.92) | 221 (12.79) | 166 (9.60) | 30 (1.73) | 7 (0.41) | 1728 (70.26) | |
Total | 1,157 (46.98) | 659 (26.76) | 295 (11.98) | 283 (11.49) | 57 (2.31) | 10 (0.41) | 2 (0.08) | 2463 (100) |