Older Adult Hearing Loss and Screening in Primary Care

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 509-514

  Bushman, Leah A ^a   Belza, Basia ^b   Christianson, Phyllis ^c  

^a Sea Mar Community Health Centers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Presbycusis; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863744224     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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