Hearing handicap, rather than measured hearing impairment, predicts poorer quality of life over 10 years in older adults

Maturitas

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-151

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a   Schneider, Julie ^b   Hickson, Louise ^c,d   McMahon, Catherine M ^d,e   Burlutsky, George ^a   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d HEARing Co operative Research Centre   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Blue Mountains Hearing Study; Hearing aid; Hearing handicap; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84861096863     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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