Severe vision and hearing impairment and successful aging: A multidimensional view

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 950-962

  Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Heyl, Vera ^b   Drapaniotis, Philipp M ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^c   Jonas, Jost B ^a   Plinkert, Peter K ^a   Rohrschneider, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced old age; Dual sensory impairment; Hearing impairment; Successful aging; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADVANCED OLD AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DUAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCCESSFUL AGING; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADVANCED OLD AGE; DUAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; SUCCESSFUL AGING; VISION IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84888594336     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt013     Document Type: Article

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