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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: Echo. 2009 Spring;4(1):6–23.

TABLE 7.

Combined percentages for “Strongly Agree” and “Agree” responses to survey questions about information sources according to race and ethnicity classification

Our decision about having our child fitted with a hearing aid or being implanted with a cochlear implant was based on… Nonminorities Minorities in general African- Americans
…information received from hearing health professionals (e.g., ENT doctors, audiologists, etc.) 91.57 95.52 90.90
…information received from other parents with deaf or hard of hearing children 53.15 41.79 86.2*
…information provided in literature from hearing aid or cochlear implant companies 43.68 19.40 0*
…information provided in government documents on hearing loss 25.78 5.97 3.03