Re: [AUDITORY] Will I be deaf?

["Oberfeld-Twistel, Daniel" <oberfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Trevor,

these are prevalence data for the US, collected between 2001 and 2008:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564588/

Shows that in the age range between 70-79, there is a 55% prevalence of a bilateral loss > 25 dB.
At 80+, this increases to 80%.

Best

Daniel 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception
> [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Agus
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:47 PM
> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Will I be deaf?
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> When encouraging people to be interested in hearing impairment, I'd like to
> say "most of us will be deaf". (The more common "1 in 6 adults in the UK..."
> isn't quite as personal.)
> 
> My best guess is that this is almost true, given our long life expectancy and the
> increasing risks of presbycusis, but I'd love to be able to put a figure on it.
> 
> Does anyone on the list have the epidemiological ability (and the data) to
> estimate what proportion of the adult population (in the UK or
> elsewhere) will at some point have a clinically significant hearing loss at some
> point?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> 
> Trevor