Do older adults have social lifestyles that place fewer demands on hearing?

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 697-711

  Wu, Yu Hsiang ^a   Bentler, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lifestyle; Listening demand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LIFESTYLE AND DEMAND QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONVOY QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORK INDEX; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOUND LEVEL METER; WELIN ACTIVITY SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868297482     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.9.4     Document Type: Article

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