Vision and hearing impairment in aged care clients

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Jee, Jeanette ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Lindley, Richard ^a   Landau, Peter ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Aged Care Client Study; Hearing loss; Sensory; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEARING DISORDER; PATIENT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STATISTICS; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 23444456004     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580590969707     Document Type: Article

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