Hearing in women at menopause. Prevalence of hearing loss, audiometric configuration and relation to hormone replacement therapy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Hederstierna, Christina ^a   Hultcrantz, Malou ^a   Collins, Aila ^b   Rosenhall, Ulf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Audiometry; Estrogens; Female; Presbyacusis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847217208     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600794446     Document Type: Article

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