Hearing impairment and mental state in the elderly living at home

British Medical Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 6245, 1980, Pages 903-905

  Herbst, Katia Gilhome ^a   Humphrey, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMAN; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0018820441     PISSN: 00071447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.281.6245.903     Document Type: Article

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