Hearing deficits in the older patient: "I didn't notice anything"

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1185-1194

  Pacala, James T ^a   Yueh, Bevan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION AID; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; MORBIDITY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTOSCLEROSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPEDOTOMY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

EID: 84858650528     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.305     Document Type: Article

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