Hearing in middle age: A population snapshot of 40- to 69-year olds in the united kingdom

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Dawes, Piers ^a   Fortnum, Heather ^b   Moore, David R ^b,c   Emsley, Richard ^d   Norman, Paul ^e   Cruickshanks, Karen ^f   Davis, Adrian ^g   Edmondson Jones, Mark ^b,h   McCormack, Abby ^b   Lutman, Mark ⁱ   Munro, Kevin ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing impairment; Noise exposure; Tinnitus.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TINNITUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TINNITUS;

EID: 84899660809     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000010     Document Type: Article

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