Double disability: The hearing-impaired blind in the Sultanate of Oman

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 172-176

  Khandekar, Rajiv ^a   Al Khabori, Mazin ^a  

^a AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Blind; Double disability; Epidemiology; Hearing impaired; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1642412490     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050024     Document Type: Article

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