Age-related hearing loss: Quality of care for quality of life

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-271

  Li Korotky, Ha Sheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing of speech; Cognitive processing of speech

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYCUSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858391645     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr159     Document Type: Review

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