Age-related hearing impairment - A risk factor and frailty marker for dementia and AD

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-175

  Panza, Francesco ^a   Solfrizzi, Vincenzo ^a   Logroscino, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE RELATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AGING; DEMENTIA; HEARING DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924734125     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2015.12     Document Type: Review

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