Auditory function in 70- and 75-year-olds of four age cohorts: A cross-sectional and time-lag study of presbyacusis

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-93

  Jönsson, Radi ^a   Rosenhall, Ulf ^b   Gause Nilsson, Ingrid ^c   Steen, Bertil ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Cohort comparison; Epidemiological studies; Noise induced hearing loss; Presbyacusis; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENESCENCE; SWEDEN; TIME;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2642613681     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503998420324     Document Type: Article

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