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Table 1 Proportions (numbers) of participants with hearing aid fitting and habitual use of hearing aid by the level of measured hearing loss (decibel hearing level, dB HL) in the better ear in the Blue Mountains Hearing Study population (aged 49 years or older).

From: A health policy for hearing impairment in older Australians: what should it include?

 

Mild 26 ≤ 40dBHL

Moderate 41 ≤ 60dBHL

Severe >60dBHL

Hearing aid fitting and habitual use

Level of hearing loss (dBHL) in the better ear

Women with fittings

15.0 (51/340)

55.9 (71/127)

100.0 (19/19)

Habitual use

10.3 (35/340)

43.0 (55/128)

95.0 (19/20)

Men with fittings

18.1 (57/315)

54.1 (72/133)

87.1 (27/31)

Habitual use

14.6 (46/316)

43.3 (58/134)

64.5 (20/31)

Persons with fitting

16.5 (108/655)

55.0 (143/260)

92.0 (46/50)

Habitual use

12.4 (81/656)

43.1 (113/262)

76.5 (39/51)