Do we know the real need for hearing rehabilitation at the population level? Hearing impairments in the 5- to 75-year-old cross-sectional Finnish population

British Journal of Audiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-59

  Uimonen, Seija ^a   Huttunen, K ^a   Jounio Ervasti, K ^a   Sorri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross sectional studies; Hearing loss; Hearing tests; Sampling studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033067096     PISSN: 03005364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03005364000000099     Document Type: Article

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