Quality of life in older Chinese-speaking adults with hearing impairment

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 655-664

  Wong, Lena L N ^a   Cheng, Lai Ki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Health related quality of life; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857859164     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.619614     Document Type: Article

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