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Abstract
In the Copenhagen County and State Hospital of Glostrup (1123 beds) special questionnaires as to the hearing status were filled in for all the 3345 patients entering the hospital during two months. According to criterias indicating hearing loss 655 patients were picked out for otological-audiological examination including pure-tone and speech audiometry. 288 of those had normal hearing and 367 demonstrated different degrees of hearing loss, i.e. about 11% of the total number had pathological hearing.
Of the 367 patients with hearing loss 20 % had a monaural hearing loss, 40% had a slight, 30 % a medium, and 10% a severe hearing loss.
46 patients already had a hearing aid, 37 definitely needed one, and 67 patients were borderline cases for hearing aid.
Conclusion: 11% of the total number of patients entering the hospital had some degree of hearing loss, about 3 % needed examination with hearing aid. 1% already had a hearing aid.