Screening and Management of Adult Hearing Loss in Primary Care: Scientific Review

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1976-1985

  Yueh, Bevan ^a,d   Shapiro, Nina ^c   MacLean, Catherine H ^b   Shekelle, Paul G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETACRYNIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; QUININE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT DISEASE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETER; CERUMEN; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EMBASE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; OTOSCOPE; OTOTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; AGED; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEARING TEST; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0037448958     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.15.1976     Document Type: Review

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