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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Health Survey for England, 2014
Variable Details
| Variable | HeHSf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Does the respondent agree to take the hearing test | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | To do the test you will need to listen to sounds at different frequency levels (tones) that are produced by a hearing screening device. I will hold the device to your ear and you will tell me whether you have heard a noise by raising your finger. To get an accurate test the device will be used on each ear. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Health Survey for England, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | NURSE: For the test to work properly the device needs to make contact properly with the respondent's ear. NURSE: Explain if appropriate that the respondent will need to remove hearing aid/hearing aids, spectacles/glasses, earrings and hair bands that might get in the way of the hearing device. NURSE: Explain that the room must be as quiet as possible for the test to work. Ask the respondent to turn off radio/television due to problems this might cause with the accuracy of the test due to background noise. NURSE: Does the respondent agree to take the hearing test? If respondent is unhappy about the test, refuses to remove items or turn off radio/television please record 'no, refuses cannot continue with test’. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually. |
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