Hearing in a 54- to 66-year-old population in northern Finland

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 920-927

  Hannula, Samuli ^a   Mäki Torkko, Elina ^a,b   Majamaa, Kari ^a   Sorri, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Gender; Hearing impairment; Population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78349240633     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.510146     Document Type: Article

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