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The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (EHLS) conducted in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin,
was a population-based study that focused on the prevalence of hearing loss among
3,753 participants between 1993 and 1995. This article reports the results of
several auditory measures from 999 veteran and 590 nonveteran males 48 to 92
years of age included in the EHLS. The auditory measures included pure tone
thresholds, tympanometry and acoustic reflexes, word recognition in quiet and in
competing message, and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening
(HHIE-S) version. Hearing loss in the auditory domains of pure tone thresholds,
word recognition in quiet, and word recognition in competing message increased
with age but were not significantly different for the veterans and nonveterans.
No significant differences were found between participant groups on the HHIE-S;
however, regarding hearing aid usage, mixed differences were found.
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