Hearing among 75-year-old people in three Nordic localities: A comparative study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 500-508

  Hietanen, Anne ^a   Era, Pertti ^a,b   Henrichsen, Jorgen ^c   Rosenhall, Ulf ^d   Sorri, Martti ^e   Heikkinen, Eino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Elderly people; Presbyacusis; Pure tone audiometry; Self reported hearing; Speech audiometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HEARING; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESBYACUSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SWEDEN;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 27144472922     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500189112     Document Type: Article

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