A Mini-Mental Status Examination for the hearing impaired

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-595

  De Silva, Maneesha Lakmalie ^a   McLaughlin, Marie Théresé ^b   Rodrigues, Edrich Joseph ^c   Broadbent, Julie Carolyn ^b   Gray, Andrew Robert ^d   Hammond Tooke, Graeme David ^d  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51749095662     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn146     Document Type: Letter

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