Hearing loss in an aging American population: Extent, impact, and management

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-152

  Bainbridge, Kathleen E ^a   Wallhagen, Margaret I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Health related quality of life; Hearing aids; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; WELLBEING; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897105009     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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