Visual and hearing impairment among rural elderly of south India: A community-based study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-122

  Deepthi, R ^a   Kasthuri, Arvind ^b  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hearing impairment; Rural; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84155192609     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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