Hearing Awareness Project
Are you looking for statistics on hearing loss? The following are links to studies, publications and websites offering you various statistics as well as comments on the validity, reliability or acceptance of the statistics in the hearing loss community. CHHA welcomes all suggestions to new links/additions to the following list.
Canadian Statistics
- CANADIAN HARD OF HEARING ASSOCIATION
- Results of the CHHA Surveys of 2005
- STATISTICS CANADA - Catalogue no. 89-628-X 2009012
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006: Facts on Hearing Limitations - The following fact sheet is a profile of Canadians 15 years of age and older, who reported having a hearing limitation. It is important to note that this includes people who are completely deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or have some hearing loss. This fact sheet examines the areas of education, employment, computer usage, and aids and assistive devices.
- STATISTICS CANADA - ASSISTIVE DEVICES
Price Survey of Assistive Devices for Persons with Disabilities, December 2003 - Includes information on average cost of hearing aids, batteries, ALDs, telephone and alerting devices. Make sure you search this site thoroughly as there are many tables and appendices.
- STATISTICS CANADA - Hearing problems among seniors
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Report from Statistics Canada (available for a fee)
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=82-003-X20040048044
- STATISTICS CANADA
Prevalence of disability among adults aged 15 years and over, by type of disability, Canada, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Type of disabilities among children aged 0 to 14 years with disabilities, by age groups, Canada, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Population with and without disabilities, and disability rate, by province, Canada and provinces, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Population with and without disabilities, and disability rate, by age groups, Canada, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Number of disabilities reported for children aged 0 to 4 years with disabilities, Canada, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Number of disabilities reported for children aged 5 to 14 years with disabilities, Canada, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Severity of disability among children aged 0 to 14 years with disabilities, by age groups, Canada, 2001 (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Profile of Disabilities in Canada (free) - STATISTICS CANADA
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) 2001 - STATISTICS CANADA - Catalogue no. 89-586-XIE
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001
Children with disabilities and their families - Tables (free) - STATISTICS CANADA - Catalogue no. 89-580-XIE
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001
Disability Supports in Canada, 2001 (free) - This article presents data on the various support measures for adults (persons aged 15 and over) with disabilities. The themes included in this document are specialized equipment, help needed for everyday activities, dwelling modifications, local and long distance transportation, and tax credits.
- STATISTICS CANADA - Catalogue no. 89-587-XIE
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2001
Education, employment and income of adults with and without disabilities - Tables (free) - This report presents an overview of the educational attainment, labour force activity and income of adults with and without disabilities.
- STATISTICS CANADA
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey - Custom tabulations (for a fee) - This site provides information for those who wish to receive custom made tabulations. The fee for the tabulations will depend on what is required. Minimum fee $40.
Statistics by Topic
- Hearing and Seeing Combinations
- Requirements for Aids/Devices and Unmet Needs
- Requirements for Daily Support and Daily Activities Employment
- Mobility, Agility and Pain Combinations
- Requirements for Aids/Devices and Unmet Need
- Requirements for Supports with Daily Activities
- Employment Rates by Disability Type and Combinations
- Working-age Persons with Specific Disability Types and Combinations, Who were Employed
Among all occupational hazards, noise is the biggest cause of permanent disability claims settled by the Worker's Compensation Board in Ontario. For the 1,121 claims settled in 1988, at least $13 million will eventually be paid out on hearing loss claims.
Excerpts from the Hearing Foundation of Canada.
American Statistics
- Marke Trak VII: Hearing Loss Population tops 31 Million
- Wisconsin Self Help for Hard of Hearing People Inc.
- Noise Induced hearing Loss
Published Resources
- The Health of Canadians: Report of the Canada Health Survey. Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1981
- Acquired Hearing Impairment in the Adult, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1988
- Canadians with Impaired Hearing, J.D. Schein , Ottawa: Statistics Canada Publications, 1992
- Captioned TV: Canadian General Public and CHHA Member perspectives
Prepared by Angus Reid Group, Inc. July 1999. Publication is available from the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Canadian Study of Hard of Hearing and Deaf, Graeme Wallace, Health and Welfare Canada. 1973
- Partial Hearing Impairment and Deviant Behaviour: A Study of Federal Prisons in British Columbia, M. Dahl, Ph.D. thesis, University of British Columbia. 1995
- Hard of Hearing Youth Speak Out. A publication of a National Hard of Hearing Youth Survey and Workshops, Ruth Warick, CHHA, 1998
CHHA Position on Statistics
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