Hearing protection use at loud events distribution by ethnicity U.S. 2018

This statistic shows the distribution of adults in the U.S. who used personal hearing protection devices when attending a loud athletic or entertainment event in the past 12 months always or most of the time as of 2018, by ethnicity. It was found that white adults accounted for 70 percent of adults who stated they used hearing protection when attending a loud event always or most of the time.

Distribution of U.S. adults who wore personal hearing protection devices when attending loud athletic or entertainment events in the past year as of 2018, by ethnicity*

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Release date

October 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

March 21 to April 11, 2018

Number of respondents

10,904 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded and therefore may not add up to 100 percent.
Panelists were asked: “In the past 12 months, how often did you wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when attending a loud athletic or entertainment event?”
* Those who wore personal hearing protection devices most of the time or always.

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