Prevalence and degree of hearing loss among males in Beaver Dam cohort: Comparison of veterans and nonveterans

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-520

  Wilson, Richard H ^a,b   Noe, Colleen M ^a,b   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^c,d   Wiley, Terry L ^c   Nondahl, David M ^c  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory domains; Dizziness; Hearing aid; Nonveteran; Pure tone thresholds; Smoking; Tinnitus; Veteran; Word recognition in competing message; Word recognition in quiet

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DOMAINS; DIZZINESS; HEARING AID; NONVETERAN; PURE-TONE THRESHOLDS; SMOKING; TINNITUS; VETERAN; WORD RECOGNITION;

DAMS; HEARING AIDS; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

AUDITION;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TYMPANOMETRY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77957027271     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.10.0169     Document Type: Article

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