Genetic and environmental influences on hearing at different frequencies separately for the better and worse hearing ear in older women

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 772-779

  Viljanen, Anne ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^d   Sorri, Martti ^e   Kauppinen, Markku ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Elderly people; Genetic modelling; Hearing; Heritability; Pure tone audiometry; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENETIC MODEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

AGED; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 36749016869     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701581422     Document Type: Article

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