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43.2percent
Among US adults aged 70 and older, 43.2 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
“adults ages 70 and older are more likely to report trouble hearing (43.2 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 oldest group in the NIDCD 2015 release, from the same 2014 survey.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported, 2014 data.