Prevalence of hearing loss in older adults in Beaver dam, Wisconsin. The epidemiology of hearing loss study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 879-886

  Cruickshanks, Karen J ^a,b   Wiley, Terry L ^a   Tweed, Theodore S ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Mares Perlman, Julie A ^a   Nondahl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hearing loss; Presbycusis; Prevalence; Sensorineural; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; ONSET AGE; OTOSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032211435     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009713     Document Type: Article

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