Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Lin, Frank R ^a,b   Yaffe, Kristine ^d,e   Xia, Jin ^b   Xue, Qian Li ^b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Purchase Helzner, Elizabeth ^f   Satterfield, Suzanne ^g   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^e   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDIOMETRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874903658     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1868     Document Type: Article

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