Table 3.

Assessed and self-reported hearing loss among participants.

		Age group		Tumor location
Characteristics	Overall (n = 97)	Children (n = 20)	Adults (n = 77)	Intracranial (n = 43)	Other (n = 54)
Hearing lossa, n (%)
Any hearing loss	20 (21)	9 (45)	11 (14)	8 (19)	12 (22)
Unilateral hearing loss	7 (7)	2 (10)	5 (6)	4 (9)	3 (6)
Bilateral hearing loss	13 (13)	7 (35)	6 (8)	4 (9)	9 (17)
EHF hearing lossb, n (%)
Any hearing loss	47 (48)	15 (75)	32 (42)	13 (30)	34 (63)
Unilateral hearing loss	14 (14)	3 (15)	11 (14)	6 (14)	8 (15)
Bilateral hearing loss	33 (34)	12 (60)	21 (27)	7 (16)	26 (48)
Self-reported hearing loss, n (%)
Any hearing loss	24 (25)	9 (45)	15 (19)	7 (16)	17 (31)

^a>20 dB HL pure tone average at 3000, 4000, 6000, & 8000 Hz for all ages

^b>20 dB HL pure tone average at 10,000, 12,500, & 16,000 Hz for those aged 25 years and under, >25 dB HL for aged 25+ years