Table 2.
The participants’ demographic, audiometric, and hearing aid fitting data, and scores of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly-Screening (HHIE-S). Pure tone average (PTA) was the average of hearing thresholds across ears at frequencies 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz.
| Variable | Subjects (n = 132) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Mean | 72.3 |
| SD | 9.1 | |
| Range | 44 – 87 | |
| Gender | Male | n = 84 (63.6%) |
| Female | n = 48 (36.4%) | |
| PTA (dB HL) | Mean | 70.0 |
| SD | 11.3 | |
| Range | 36.9 – 102.5 | |
| Hearing loss type | Mixed | n = 39 (30.0%) |
| Sensorineural | n = 93 (70.0%) | |
| Hearing aid experience | First-time user | n = 103 (78.0%) |
| Experienced user | n = 29 (22.0%) | |
| Unilateral/bilateral fitting | Unilateral | n = 65 (49.2 %) |
| Bilateral | n = 67 (50.8%) | |
| HHIE-S | Mean | 29.6 |
| SD | 8.0 | |
| Range | 8 – 40 | |