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Overview | Model | Assessing | Disability survey (5) | Demand (2) | Using guidance | Example

The disability survey

Introduction | Further details | Sensory capability | Cognitive capability | Motor capability

Sensory capability describes the combination of vision and hearing capabilities. The Disability Follow-up Survey found that 8.7% of the GB adult population have less than full ability in one or both of these categories. The GB adult population was 45.6 million people at the time of the survey.

A person with full vision ability can see well enough to

  • Recognise a friend across the road without difficulty
  • Read ordinary newsprint without difficulty

A person with full hearing ability can hear well enough to:

  • Follow a conversation during background noise without great difficulty
  • Follow a TV programme at a volume that others find acceptable

Overlapping circles show that 1.8% of the population have both vision and hearing at less than full ability.

Prevalence of the population with less than full ability in vision and hearing, where the overlapping circles indicate the population that has capability losses in both categories