Prevalence of hearing impairment in a population in Sweden

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-28

  Johansson, Magnus S K ^a   Arlinger, Stig D ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Hearing threshold level; Occupational noise; Odds ratio; Otologically unscreened; Prevalence; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SWEDEN; TINNITUS; WORKPLACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEARING DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TINNITUS;

EID: 0037504233     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020309056081     Document Type: Article

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