Corrected and uncorrected hearing impairment in older Canadians

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-476

  Corna, Laurie M ^a   Wade, Terrance J ^c   Streiner, David L ^b   Cairney, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrected hearing loss; Hearing aid use; Uncorrected hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 68349120370     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000219589     Document Type: Article

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