Hearing of 75-year old persons over three decades: Has hearing changed?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 731-739

  Rosenhall, Ulf ^a,b   Möller, Claes ^c   Hederstierna, Christina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss (ARHL); Cohort; Epidemiology; Generational study

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TIME; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; PRESBYCUSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS;

EID: 84885612337     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.808381     Document Type: Article

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