Table 1. Characteristics of participants who had been asked the question: ‘Do you have any difficulty with your hearing?’.

Hearing thresholds were averaged over 0.5, 1, 2 & 4 kHz (PTA_0.5–4).

N	4,906
Mean age, years (SD)	69.6 (9.8)
Age range, years	51.4–100.7
Female, %	56.3
Average hearing threshold, dBHL (SD)	24.5 (13.9)
Mild hearing loss or worse (PTA0.5–4), %
No (<20 dBHL)	47.4
Yes (≥ 20dBHL)	52.6
Moderate hearing loss or worse (PTA0.5–4), %
No (< 35 dBHL)	80.2
Yes (≥ 35 dBHL)	19.8
Level of education, %
Primary	7.8
Lower	38.9
Intermediate	30.0
Higher	23.3
Answer to the question, %
Never	48.7
Sometimes	33.6
Regularly	15.6
Often	1.9