Table 1.

Sample Demographics and Characteristics.

	%*	Mean age (years)	SD age (years)
Total sample size (n = 24,842)	–	75.4	13.5
Female	53.2	77.2	13.7
Male	39.0	73.3	12.9
Unknown sex	7.8	74.2	13.9
Mild HL	33.1	71.5	12.7
Moderate HL	37.4	76.9	13.0
>Moderate HL	29.5	78.1	14.0
Adopters	53.5	76.3	13.3
Mild HL	29.4	72.4	12.7
Moderate HL	38.5	77.4	12.8
>Moderate HL	32.1	78.6	13.8
Monaural fittings	29.2	76.5	14.5
Binaural fittings	70.8	76.3	12.8
Nonadopters	46.5	74.4	13.7
Mild HL	37.4	70.7	12.8
Moderate HL	36.1	76.2	13.3
>Moderate HL	26.5	77.4	14.3
Returned HA(s)	21.3	75.1	13.5
Mild HL	34.5	71.8	12.7
Moderate HL	37.4	76.5	13.2
>Moderate HL	28.1	77.2	13.9
Did not return HA(s)	78.7	75.5	13.5
Mild HL	32.8	71.4	12.7
Moderate HL	37.4	77.0	13.0
>Moderate HL	29.9	78.3	14.0

HL = hearing loss; HA = hearing aid.

^*non-italicized values represent percentages of the total sample; italicized values represent percentages of the sub-sample.