The impact of gender, age and hearing loss on tinnitus severity

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-24

  Pinto, Patricia Ciminelli Linhares ^a   Sanchez, Tanit Ganz ^b   Tomita, Shiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Hearing loss; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955892317     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1808-86942010000100004     Document Type: Article

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