Hearing loss, hearing handicap, and functional health status between African American and Caucasian American seniors

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 493-502

  Pugh, Kenneth C ^a   Crandell, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian American; Elderly; Functional health; Hearing handicap; Hearing loss; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYCUSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036815833     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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