Table 1.

Demographic details of communication partners of PHI.

No.	Age	Sex	Relationship with PHI	Duration of contact with PHI	Duration of PHI's hearing loss	Accompanied PHI to audiological session at least on one occasion
1	52	Male	Colleague/friend	15 years	>20 years	No
2	58	Female	Daughter	58 years	>30 years	Yes
3	74	Female	Spouse	48 years	30 years	Yes
4	31	Female	Spouse	4 years	15 years	No
5	75	Female	Spouse	46 years	12 years	No
6	19	Female	Carer	1 year	>10 years	No
7	19	Female	Friend	7 years	>10 years	No
8	53	Male	Spouse	33 years	6 years	No
9	19	Female	Daughter	19 years	>20 years	Yes