Table 1.

Descriptive analysis of age range, mean years of onset of hearing loss, hearing aid types such as BTE, and RIC, laterality of hearing aid fitting such as bilateral (B/L), unilateral (U/L), mean years of hearing aid uses and aided ear of the participants

Age range (yr)	No. of participants	Mean years of hearing Loss	Hearing aid type	Mean months of hearing aid uses	Aided ears
40-45	3	2.2±0.72	RIC (3)	8.3±1.52	U/L (2)
					B/L (1)
46-50	6	4.6±0.96	RIC (1), BTE (5)	12.6±3.72	U/L (1)
					B/L (5)
51-55	11	4.6±0.78	RIC (1), BTE (10)	13.5±5.64	U/L (3)
					B/L (8)
56-60	10	6.0±1.41	BTE (10)	15.1±6.64	B/L (10)

BTE, behind the ear; RIC, receiver in the canal