Hearing-impaired adults are at increased risk of experiencing emotional distress and social engagement restrictions five years later

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 618-623

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Blue Mountains Hearing Study; Hearing handicap; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865565804     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs058     Document Type: Article

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