Table 1.
Unweighted Sociodemographic Characteristics of Respondents Who Answered Early Life Communication Experiences Items (n=1,524)
| Variables | n (%)a |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.83 (18.12) |
| Age onset of hearing loss, mean (SD) | 0.94 (1.94) |
| Sociodemographics | |
| Birth sex | |
| Male | 613 (40) |
| Female | 905 (59) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| White | 999 (66) |
| Black | 143 (9) |
| Asian | 94 (6) |
| Latinx | 209 (14) |
| Other | 72 (5) |
| Education | |
| High school diploma or less | 652 (43) |
| College degree (includes associates and bachelors) | 871 (57) |
| Parents’ hearing status | |
| Deaf | 417 (27) |
| Hearing | 1,101 (72) |
| Assistive hearing device | |
| Do not use | 809 (56) |
| Hearing aids | 484 (34) |
| Cochlear implants | 135 (9) |
| Other types of listening devices | 6 (<1) |
| Self-reported ability to understand speech in a quiet room (listening, speechreading, lipreading, or combined) | |
| Can understand everything | 130 (7) |
| Can understand most | 491 (26) |
| Can understand some to little | 794 (41) |
| Cannot understand anything | 512 (27) |
| Health status | |
| Very good/Excellent | 830 (55) |
| Good | 520 (34) |
| Poor/Fair | 167 (11) |
a
Frequencies not summing to total reflect missing data.