Relationship between self-reported hearing and measured hearing impairment in an elderly population in Finland

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-302

  Salonen, Jaakko ^a   Johansson, Reijo ^a   Karjalainen, Seppo ^a   Vahlberg, Tero ^b   Isoaho, Raimo ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hearing loss; HHIE S

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79953817428     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.549517     Document Type: Article

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