Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the “clinic” participants

	Males	Females	P
N	635 (43.7%)	819 (56.3%)
Age (mean ± standard deviation)	53.7 ± 15.7	52.3 ± 15.6	0.501
English speaking %	97.9	98.5	0.524
Private health insurance %	50.4	46.9	0.101
Farmers %	9.0	3.1	<0.001
Hearing in better ear %
Normal hearing	90.5	94.9	0.008
Mild hearing loss	8.3	4.4
Moderate–severe hearing loss	1.2	0.8
Hearing in left ear %
Normal hearing	82.4	90.3	<0.001
Mild hearing loss	13.3	7.2
Moderate–severe hearing loss	4.3	2.6
Hearing in right ear %
Normal hearing	86.8	91.7	0.013
Mild hearing loss	9.9	7.1
Moderate–severe hearing loss	3.3	4.3