The contribution of family history to hearing loss in an older population

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 578-584

  McMahon, Catherine M ^a   Kifley, Annette ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Newall, Philip ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; OTOSCOPY; PRESBYCUSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS;

EID: 54049157874     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31817349d6     Document Type: Article

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