Hearing loss and depressive symptoms in elderly patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-445

  Boi, Raffaella ^a   Racca, Luca ^b   Cavallero, Antonio ^c   Carpaneto, Veronica ^a   Racca, Matteo ^b   Dall' Acqua, Francesca ^a   Ricchetti, Michele ^b   Santelli, Alida ^c   Odetti, Patrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Linear Hearing Aids   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Presbycusis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84862661501     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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