Functional status of elderly people with hearing loss

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-92

  López Torres Hidalgo, Jesús ^a,b   Gras, Clotilde Boix ^a   Lapeira, Juan Téllez ^a,b   Verdejo, M Ángeles López ^b,c   del Campo del Campo, José M ^d   Rabadán, Francisco Escobar ^a,b  

^a University of Castilla La Mancha ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^c Health Center Chinchilla Albacete   (Spain)

^d Health Center Zona 4 Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging health; Audiometry; Disability evaluation; Hearing aids; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRESBYCUSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349162218     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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