Physical and mental correlates of hearing impairment in the elderly in Japan

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-29

  Naramura, Hiromi ^a   Nakanishi, Noriyuki ^a   Tatara, Kozo ^a   Ishiyama, Mitsuo ^b   Shiraishi, Hisatomi ^b   Yamamoto, Akiko ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Geriatric Health Service Facility   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Elderly people; Hearing acuity; Subjective hearing disability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032969350     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099909072999     Document Type: Article

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