Hearing acuity as a predictor of walking difficulties in older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2282-2286

  Viljanen, Anne ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^d   Sorri, Martti ^e   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Hearing; Mobility; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK; SELF REPORT; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 71549155636     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02553.x     Document Type: Article

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