Official documentation
Quick Statistics About Hearing, Balance, & Dizziness
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, n.d.
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- What it is
- The U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) summary of hearing statistics for the United States, including the share of adults who report trouble hearing.
- How much weight it carries
- Official federal statistics compiled from national surveys. The trouble-hearing figure is self-reported, so it counts more people than a clinical test of hearing would.
Facts taken from this source
- About 15 percent of American adults, or 37.5 million people aged 18 and over, report some trouble hearing.
“Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) ages 18 and over report some trouble hearing.” (Hearing section)