Table 1.

Demographic Data

	Middle-Aged Recipients	Older-Aged Recipients
Number of participants	n= 30	n= 41
Mean age in years (SD)	Total group 57.33 (4.48); range 50–64	Total group 72.33 (5.27); range 65–84
	Male n= 12 57.3 (4.68); range 50–64	Male n= 12 72.92 (5.82); range 65–84
	Female n= 18 57.3 (3.56); range 50–64	Female n= 29 73.0 (5.08); range 65–81
Mean educational background in years (SD)	Total 12.03 (2.15)	Total 12.15 (2.42)
	Male 12.00 (2.00) Female 12.05 (2.29)	Male 12.41 (2.97) Female 12.03 (2.20)
Duration of severe hearing impairment in years (SD)	23.59 (15.95); range 1–55	22.26 (13.73); range 1–57

Note: SD indicates standard deviation.