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5.5percent
Among US adults aged 18 to 39, 5.5 percent reported trouble hearing in the 2014 National Health Interview Survey.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“and those ages 18–39 (5.5 percent)”
New prevalence data shows 1 in 6 adults reports trouble hearing, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIDCD news release, 2015, Paragraph on age differences.
Open the original- What it measures
- NIDCD reports this from the 2014 National Health Interview Survey, a self-report survey of U.S. adults.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported, 2014 data. It is the youngest of the three age groups NIDCD reports.