Self-reported hearing difficulty and hearing impairment in Japanese people living in a community

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-59

  Okamoto, Mitsuharu ^a   Nakanishi, Noriyuki ^a   Tatara, Kozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OTOSCOPY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0742323564     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050008     Document Type: Article

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