: Data-Field 2247

Data-Field 2247

Description:	Hearing difficulty/problems
Category:	Assessment centre ⏵ Touchscreen ⏵ Health and medical history ⏵ Hearing
	Health outcomes + Self-reported medical conditions

Participants

498,484

Categorical (single)

Both sexes

Jan 2012

639,404

Data

Defined (4)

Aug 2025

Complete

Primary

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Data

639,404 items of data are available, covering 498,484 participants, encoded using Data-Coding 100631.
Defined-instances run from 0 to 3, labelled using Instancing 2.

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4 Instances

Instance 0 : Initial assessment visit (2006-2010) at which participants were recruited and consent given
497,253 participants, 497,253 items
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Instance 1 : First repeat assessment visit (2012-13)
20,314 participants, 20,314 items
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Instance 2 : Imaging visit (2014+)
100,917 participants, 100,917 items
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Instance 3 : First repeat imaging visit (2019+)
20,920 participants, 20,920 items
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Notes

ACE touchscreen question "Do you have any difficulty with your hearing?"

The option to identify oneself as completely deaf was added in 2009 alongside the introduction of the speech-in-noise test.

8 Related Data-Fields

Field ID	Description	Relationship
4792	Cochlear implant	Field 4792 was collected from all participants except those who indicated they were completely deaf, as defined by their answers to Current Field
3393	Hearing aid user	Field 3393 was collected from all participants except those who indicated they were completely deaf, as defined by their answers to Current Field
10793	Hearing difficulty/problems (pilot)	Field 10793 is the pilot-study predecessor of main-study Current Field
2257	Hearing difficulty/problems with bac ...	Field 2257 was collected from all participants except those who indicated they were completely deaf, as defined by their answers to Current Field
4836	Loud music exposure frequency	Field 4836 was collected from all participants except those who indicated they were completely deaf, as defined by their answers to Current Field
4825	Noisy workplace	Field 4825 was collected from all participants except those who indicated they were completely deaf, as defined by their answers to Current Field
4803	Tinnitus	Field 4803 was collected from all participants except those who indicated they were completely deaf, as defined by their answers to Current Field
4814	Tinnitus severity/nuisance	Current Field affects who was asked to answer Field 4814

2 Resources

Preview	Name	Res ID
	Screenshot from touchscreen questionnaire used to capture field 2247	100436
	Touchscreen questionnaire ordering, validation and dependencies	113241

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