Effect of cerumen impaction on hearing and cognitive functions in Japanese older adults with cognitive impairment

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL2, 2014, Pages 56-61

  Sugiura, Saiko ^a   Yasue, Minori ^a   Sakurai, Takashi ^a   Sumigaki, Chieko ^a   Uchida, Yasue ^a,b   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^c   Toba, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Hearing impairment; Mini Mental State Examination; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; MEMANTINE; CERUMINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; CERUMEN; CERUMEN IMPACTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VERY ELDERLY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; INCIDENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CERUMEN; CERUMENOLYTIC AGENTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896530271     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12251     Document Type: Article

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