Basic Summary for Hearing Impairment

Main name of condition: Hearing Impairment
Other names or spellings: Hearing disorders, Hearing conditions

What is Hearing Impairment?
  Brief description of Hearing Impairment: Reduced ability to hear sounds.
  Parent types of Hearing Impairment: Ear conditions
  Organs Affected by Hearing Impairment: ear, hearing
  Types of Hearing Impairment: Deafness, Auditory Processing Disorder, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Presbycusis

How many people get Hearing Impairment?
Prevalance of Hearing Impairment: 22 million; 158 per 1000 (NHIS95)
Prevalance Rate of Hearing Impairment: approx 1 in 12 or 8.09% or 22 million people in USA [about data]

How serious is Hearing Impairment?
Complications of Hearing Impairment: see complications of Hearing Impairment

What causes Hearing Impairment?
Causes of Hearing Impairment: see causes of Hearing Impairment

What are the symptoms of Hearing Impairment?
Symptoms of Hearing Impairment: see symptoms of Hearing Impairment

How is it treated?
Treatments for Hearing Impairment: see treatments for Hearing Impairment

Society issues for Hearing Impairment
Hospitalization statistics for Hearing Impairment: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hearing Impairment:

0.014% (1,787) of hospital consultant episodes were for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
49% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
6% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
26 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
40% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
40% of hospital consultant episodes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.004% (2,209) of hospital bed days were for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.028% (3,577) of hospital consultant episodes were for other hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
99% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for other hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for other hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
25 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for other hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital consultant episodes for other hearing loss were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.005% (2,661) of hospital bed days were for other hearing loss in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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