Table 1.
Unweighted Sample Characteristics by Clinical Status
| Characteristics | Non Clinical | Clinical |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | n (%) | |
| Male | 341 (44.9) | 173 (33.4) |
| Female | 410 (54.0) | 329 (63.5) |
| Non-Binary | 8 (1.1) | 16 (3.1) |
| Subtotala | 759 | 518 |
| Age | n (%) | |
| 18–31 | 274 (36.0) | 148 (28.4) |
| 32–48 | 275 (36.1) | 166 (31.8) |
| 48–95 | 212 (27.9) | 208 (39.8) |
| Subtotala | 761 | 522 |
| Race | n (%) | |
| White | 499 (66.4) | 359 (70.1) |
| Non-White | 253 (33.6) | 153 (29.9) |
| Subtotala | 752 | 512 |
| Education | n (%) | |
| High school or lower | 136 (18.4) | 124 (24.6) |
| Some college | 157 (21.2) | 116 (22.8) |
| College degree | 446 (60.4) | 267 (52.6) |
| Subtotala | 739 | 508 |
| U.S. region | n (%) | |
| Northeast | 88 (11.9) | 73 (14.3) |
| South | 261 (35.3) | 189 (37.1) |
| Midwest | 141 (19.1) | 91 (17.9) |
| West | 250 (33.8) | 156 (30.6) |
| Subtotala | 740 | 509 |
| Preferred language | n (%) | |
| ASL Only | 353 (46.8) | 222 (42.7) |
| ASL and English | 402 (53.2) | 298 (57.3) |
| Subtotala | 755 | 520 |
| Deaf identity | n (%) | |
| Deaf | 530 (77.9) | 350 (74.5) |
| Hard of Hearing | 150 (22.1) | 120 (25.5) |
| Subtotala | 680 | 470 |
| Functional hearing | n (%) | |
| Can understand all or most | 207 (28.4) | 171 (34.0) |
| Can understand some or little | 314 (43.2) | 219 (43.5) |
| Cannot understand at all | 206 (28.3) | 114 (22.6) |
| Subtotala | 727 | 504 |
| Listening device | n (%) | |
| Do not use | 405 (59.5) | 274 (59.1) |
| Hearing aids | 225 (33.0) | 153 (33.0) |
| Cochlear implants | 47 (6.9) | 36 (7.8) |
| Other types | 4 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) |
| Subtotala | 681 | 464 |
aMissing responses are not included in the subtotal