Characteristics and Distribution of Impaired Hearing in the Population of the United States

1 July 1940

journal article
research article
Published by Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Vol. 12 (1) , 114-121
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1916081

Abstract

Data obtained by the U. S. Public Health Service were analyzed. Hearing loss was correlated with social history, clinical history, age, sex, and family income. The annual incidence of new deafness cases and other statistics are reported.