Hearing, cognitive impairment and aging: A critical review

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-209

  Gallacher, John ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Epidemiology Statistics and Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 25844482050     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095925980500153X     Document Type: Review

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