The association between hearing loss and social isolation in older adults

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-384

  Mick, Paul ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Lin, Frank R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; hearing disorders; hearing loss; presbycusis; social isolation; social network; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION SCORE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS; PRESBYCUSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896861212     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813518021     Document Type: Article

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