Table 3.

Prevalence and nature of hearing loss (n=120)

	Total (n=1236)	PHC 1 (n=633)	PHC 2 (n=603)
All	9.7% (120)	9.3% (59)	10.1% (61)
3–14 years	4.8% (6)	9.5% (2)	3.8% (4)
15 – 39 years	5.7% (32)	6.0% (20)	5.3% (12)
≥40 years	15.0% (82)	13.3% (37)	16.7% (45)
Unilateral
SNHL	2.6% (32)	3.8.% (24)	1.3% (8)
Conductive	0.2% (2)	0.2% (1)	0.2% (1)
Mixed	0.2% (2)	−	0.3% (2)
Bilateral
SNHL	5.6% (69)	4.1% (26)	7.1% (43)
Conductive	0.2% (2)	0.3% (2)	−
Mixed	−	−	−
Other
SNHL & Mixed	0.6% (7)	0.3% (2)	0.8% (5)
SNHL & Conductive	0.4% (5)	0.6% (4)	0.1% (1)
Conductive & Mixed	0.1% (1)	−	0.1% (1)