Determinants of hearing aid acquisition in older adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1449-1455

  Fischer, Mary E ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^a   Wiley, Terry L ^b   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Tweed, Ted S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79960453220     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300078     Document Type: Article

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