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Relationship Between Duration of Hearing Loss (Question 4) and Degree of Hearing Loss (Question 5).
| Duration of hearing loss |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤5 years | 5–10 years | 10–20 years | >20 years | |
| Mild | 10 (14%) | 16 (16%) | 4 (3.9%) | 4 (1.6%) |
| Moderate | 37 (53%) | 49 (50%) | 47 (46%) | 46 (18%) |
| Severe | 18 (26%) | 28 (29%) | 40 (39%) | 128 (51%) |
| Profound | 5 (7.1%) | 5 (5.1%) | 12 (12%) | 74 (29%) |
Note. Percentages in parentheses are calculated for each column, that is, within groups that had hearing loss for similar lengths of time.
