The association between hearing status and psychosocial health before the age of 70 years: Results from an internet-based national survey on hearing

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-312

  Nachtegaal, Janneke ^a   Smit, Jan H ^a   Smits, Cas ^a   Bezemer, Pieter D ^a   Van Beek, Johannes H M ^a   Festen, Joost M ^a   Kramer, Sophia E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049092671     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31819c6e01     Document Type: Article

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