Validation of the use of self-reported hearing loss and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for elderly among rural Indian elderly population

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 762-767

  Deepthi, R ^a   Kasthuri, Arvind ^b  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; HHIE S; Rural elderly; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDIAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORTENED HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY FOR ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865631094     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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