Table 7.

The number and percent of non-veterans and veterans by age group and overall who had worn a hearing aid and who were wearing a hearing aid at the time of the study. The Chi-square was used to generate the p values.

	Ever Worn a Hearing Aid				p	Now Wearing a Hearing Aid				p
	Non Veteran		Veteran			Non Veteran		Veteran
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
48–59 Years					0.5732					0.5635
Yes	11	4.0	10	3.2		5	1.8	8	2.5
No	263	96.0	307	96.8		269	98.2	309	97.5
60–69 Years					0.2469					0.1138
Yes	14	13.7	39	9.8		10	9.8	22	5.5
No	88	86.3	360	90.2		92	90.2	377	94.5
70–79 Years					0.0789					0.4839
Yes	33	26.8	47	18.9		18	14.6	30	12.0
No	90	73.2	202	81.1		105	85.4	219	88.0
80+ Years					0.4592					0.5306
Yes	37	40.7	11	33.3		27	30.0	8	24.2
No	54	59.3	22	66.7		63	70.0	25	75.8
Overall					0.0018					0.0171
Yes	95	16.1	107	10.7		60	10.2	68	6.8
No	495	83.9	891	89.3		529	89.8	930	93.2