Table 4.
Adjusted Annual Medical Costs for Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Limited Health Literacy
| Number | Adjusted annual medical costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing category | Limited health literacy | Adequate health literacy | Limited health literacy ($) | Adequate health literacy ($) | Cost difference ($) | p Value |
| No HL | 549 | 10,705 | 13,055 | 10,484 | 2,571 | .031 |
| Unaided mild HL | 296 | 3,083 | 13,504 | 11,171 | 2,333 | .465 |
| Aided mild HL | 39 | 619 | 13,037 | 12,383 | 654 | 1.000 |
| Unaided severe HL | 228 | 1,417 | 13,680 | 13,014 | 666 | 1.000 |
| Aided severe HL | 222 | 1,937 | 15,999 | 11,511 | 4,487 | .012 |
Note. HL = hearing loss.