Fact · Accessibility and health
19.0percent
Among US adults aged 40 to 69, 19.0 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
“compared to those ages 40–69 (19.0 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
- The middle age group in the NIDCD 2015 release, from the same 2014 survey.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported, 2014 data.