Relative earnings of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Much has been written, over several decades, about the economic damage done by hearing loss. This article compares earnings of male and female deaf or hard-of-hearing college graduates to those of the general population with the same levels of education. Although those hard of hearing appear to reach lower levels of education, with education there is little or no evidence of an earnings lag relative to those without hearing loss.
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D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities