Hearing loss in older persons: Does the rate of decline affect psychosocial health?

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 703-723

  Pronk, Marieke ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Smits, Cas ^a   Twisk, Jos W ^a,b   Van Tilburg, Theo G ^b   Festen, Joost M ^a   Kramer, Sophia E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hearing loss; loneliness; longitudinal; older persons; psychosocial health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904574265     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314529329     Document Type: Article

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