Hearing handicap among adult residents of an urban homeless shelter

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-172

  Saccone, Patricia A ^a   Steiger, James R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing handicap; Hearing loss; Homelessness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEARING LOSS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 33947535985     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0018     Document Type: Article

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