Figures & data
Figure 1. Audiogram for men (n=191) and women (n=139) aged 49–64 years with mean air conduction hearing levels.
Figure 2. Audiogram for men (n=105) and women (n=79) aged 65–77 years with mean air conduction hearing levels.
Table 1. Participation of the study subjects according to the study sites.
Table 2. The presence of hearing impairment (HI) and self-reported hearing problems according to gender and among all subjects. Hearing impairment defined as better ear hearing level (BEHL) or worse ear hearing level (WEHL) of 20 dB or more at the 0.5–4 kHz frequency range. Pearson Chi-square test was applied for gender differences.
Table 3. The comparison of pure-tone averages and standard deviations (in brackets) between the present study (Saami) and a previously published population-based study (Oulu) of Hannula et al. [Citation13]. The figures are shown separately for the different frequency areas, for both genders and for both ears. T-test applied for differences between the two study populations.