Table 4.
Characteristics of the subjects aged 60 years or older who completed the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE), subjects less than 60 years old who completed the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), and all subjects who completed the initial test battery regardless of age.
| Completed HHIE (n = 1064) | Completed HHIA (n = 305) | All subjects (N = 1447) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age – years (mean ± SD) | 70.4 ± 6.7 | 44.0 ± 13.0 | 63.8 ± 14.0 |
| Sex – no. (%) | |||
| Female | 609 (57.2) | 162 (53.1) | 805 (55.6) |
| Male | 455 (42.8) | 143 (46.9) | 642 (44.4) |
| Race – no. (%) | |||
| White | 909 (85.4) | 160 (52.5) | 1140 (78.9) |
| Nonwhite | 154 (14.5) | 144 (47.2) | 305 (21.1) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) |
| Marital Status – no. (%) | |||
| Married | 649 (61.0) | 78 (25.6) | 778 (53.8) |
| Not Married | 380 (35.7) | 222 (72.8) | 624 (43.12) |
| Unknown | 35 (3.3) | 5 (1.6) | 45 (3.1) |
| Pure-tone average – dB HL (mean ± SD)* | 31.2 ± 15.7 | 15.3 ± 11.4 | 27.6 ± 16.3 |
*
Pure-tone average of audiometric thresholds at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz in the worse ear; missing for 1 subject who completed the HHIE.