Table 3.

Hearing handicap sum-score across different degrees of hearing loss.

Binaural pure-tone average at 0.5–4 kHz	Sum-score: M, SD, range
20–39 dB HL (n = 1,793)	46, 8.0, 16–61
40–59 dB HL (n = 187)	38, 7.5, 20–59
60–100 dB HL (n = 44)	31, 9.4, 15–61