Five-year incidence and progression of hearing impairment in an older population

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Mitchell, Paul ^a   Gopinath, Bamini ^a,b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,c   McMahon, Catherine M ^d   Schneider, Julie ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Leeder, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952314539     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181fc98bd     Document Type: Article

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