Prevalence of hearing loss and ear morbidity among adolescents and young adults in rural southern Nepal

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 388-394

  Schmitz, Jane ^a   Pillion, Joseph P ^b   Leclerq, Steven C ^a,c   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   Wu, Lee S F ^a   Prasad, Rakesh ^d   Karna, Sureswor L ^d   Shrestha, Sharada R ^c   West Jr , Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Children; Ear morbidity; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Nepal; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NEPAL; OTOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950976132     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903555708     Document Type: Article

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