title: Identifying hearing impairment among older adults.
abstract: A survey of older-young and younger-old adults (ages 45-64) was conducted to identify the existence of a hearing impairment as described by a self-administered hearing test. Seventy of 96 surveys were returned yielding a response rate of 73%. The results indicated that the younger age group (ages 45-54) scored lower on the hearing loss test than the older age group (ages 55-64), suggesting a greater degree of loss in older adults, and females scored lower suggesting a greater degree of hearing loss in males. Responses also revealed a positive correlation of .77% between the respondent's perception of ability to hear and a relative/friend's perception of the respondent's ability to hear.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Portnoy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014903:West Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology