Table 2.

Summary of responses to questions 2–5 on the PDA “long form” survey. These questions were asked when a hearing problem situation was reported to occur “since the last alert” (i.e., response of “Yes” to Question 1).

Question 2: What was your most recent hearing problem situation?	Number of Responses (%)			Branched follow-up question (if applicable)		Number of Responses (%)
Face-to-face   conversation	200	(53.8%)	→	Question 3: Was the conversation with:	One person	132	(66.0%)
					Two people	24	(12.0%)
					Three or more people	44	(22.0%)
					Subtotal:	200
Telephone   conversation	64	(17.2%)	→	Question 4: Who was this telephone conversation with?	Someone familiar to me	52	(81.3%)
					Someone unfamiliar to me	12	(18.7%)
					Subtotal:	64
TV, radio, iPod,   etc.	57	(15.3%)	→	Question 5: Who was the volume adjusted for?	Myself	43	(75.4%)
					Others	14	(24.6%)
					Subtotal:	57
Movie, lecture, etc.	15	(4.0%)
Environmental   sounds	36	(9.7%)
Total:	372

Note. Arrows in this table indicate branching follow-up questions.