Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: The screening for auditory impairment - Which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Yueh, Bevan ^a   Collins, Margaret P ^b   Souza, Pamela E ^c   Boyko, Edward J ^b,c   Loovis, Carl F ^b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b,c   Liu, Chuan Fen ^b,c   Hedrick, Susan C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Randomized clinical trial; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OTOSCOPE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONE EMITTING OTOSCOPE; VETERAN;

FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCOPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VETERANS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77949398348     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02738.x     Document Type: Article

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