Changes in hearing in 80-year-old people: A 10-year follow-up study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 126-135

  Hietanen, Anne ^a   Era, Pertti ^b,c   Sorri, Martti ^d   Heikkinen, Eino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Elderly people; Hearing disability; Hearing impairment; Longitudinal study; Pure tone audiometry; Speech audiometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; BONE CONDUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1642329783     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050018     Document Type: Article

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