Incidence, persistence, and progression of tinnitus symptoms in older adults: The blue mountains hearing study

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-412

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a,b   McMahon, Catherine M ^c   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Karpa, Michael J ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951949245     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181cdb2a2     Document Type: Article

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