Children who wear individual hearing aids in British Columbia, Canada

Data collected on the use of hearing aids by 680 school-aged hearing-impaired subjects are examined and aid use is related to gender, age, hearing loss, age at onset, aetiology, age at diagnosis, educational setting, method of communication, primary language in the home, hearing status of parents and additional handicaps. The likelihood of a student wearing an aid is significantly related to certain educational settings, the degree of hearing loss, age and to a lesser extent, his method of communication.