Demographic data of patients who attended the teleotology clinic
| Variable | N | Mean | Range |
| Age (years) | 58 | 45.2 | 20 - 67 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 23 (40%) | ||
| Female | 35 (60%) | ||
| Occupation | |||
| Professional other | 10 | ||
| Education | 8 | ||
| Skilled technical | 7 | ||
| Health | 5 | ||
| Unemployed | 5 | ||
| Caring/leisure services | 4 | ||
| Retired | 3 | ||
| Sales | 3 | ||
| Machine operatives | 2 | ||
| Administrator | 2 | ||
| Skilled trade | 2 | ||
| Social care | 2 | ||
| Charity/ volunteer | 2 | ||
| Previously seen by ENT | |||
| Yes | 39 | ||
| No | 16 | ||
| Diagnosis | |||
| Presbycusis | 1 | ||
| Mixed loss | 2 | ||
| Normal | 4 | ||
| Asymmetrical SNHL | 12 | ||
| Otitis externa | 1 | ||
| Perforation | 5 | ||
| Unilateral OME | 5 | ||
| Otosclerosis | 4 | ||
| Tympanic membrane retracted | 2 | ||
| Tinnitus | 9 | ||
| Eustachian tube dysfunction | 5 | ||
| Auditory processing disorder | 1 | ||
| Noise-induced hearing loss | 1 | ||
| Symmetrical SNHL | 2 | ||
| Cholesteatoma | 2 | ||
| Conductive hearing loss | 1 | ||
| Non-organic hearing loss | 1 |
ENT, ear, nose and throat; OME, Otitis Media with effusion; SNHL, Sensorineural hearing loss.