Presbycusis among older Chinese people in Taipei, Taiwan: A community-based study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 738-745

  Chang, Hsin Pin ^a,b   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Chinese; Hearing aids; Presbycusis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESBYACUSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; TAIWAN; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESBYCUSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 36749001179     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701558529     Document Type: Article

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