Factors associated with third-party disability in spouses of older people with hearing impairment

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 698-708

  Scarinci, Nerina ^a   Worrall, Linda ^a   Hickson, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENIAL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYACUSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRESBYCUSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84871668808     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31825aab39     Document Type: Article

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