Table 2.

Audiological characteristics by hearing status.

Characteristic	Hearing loss (N = 4052)*		No hearing loss (N = 2280)
	Mean or %	SEM or N	Mean or %	SEM or N
Audiological data
Noise exposure, yes	39.17%	1587	28.64%	653
Recreational	9.97%	404	11.32%	258
Non-military occupational	12.22%	495	8.95%	204
Military	10.98%	445	4.43%	101
Unknown/type not reported	10.37%	420	6.40%	146
Puretone average,† dB HL
Better ear	33.83	0.22	11.18	0.09
Worse ear	39.83	0.26	13.50	0.09
Hearing loss better ear, yes	84.35%	3418	0.00%	0.00
Hearing loss poorer ear, yes	100.00%	4116	0.00%	0.00

dB HL decibels hearing level, SEM standard error of the mean.

*Defined as PTA_0.5,1,2,4 > 20 dB HL in the worse ear.

^†Defined as average threshold at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 kHz.