Use of hearing aids and assistive listening devices in an older australian population

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 642-653

  Hartley, David ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Newall, Philip ^c   Golding, Maryanne ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Assistive listening device; Blue mountains hearing study; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Prevalence studies; Self reported handicap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYCUSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79952563124     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.21.10.4     Document Type: Article

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