Prevalence of hearing impairment by gender and audiometric configuration: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) and the Keokuk County Rural Health Study (1994-1998)

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 672-685

  Ciletti, Lindsay ^a   Flamme, Gregory A ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hearing impairment classification; NHANES; Prevalence; Public health statistics; Pure tone audiometry; Rural health; Sex distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349113907     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.9.3     Document Type: Article

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