Effects of hearing and vision impairments on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 413-437

  Dupuis, Kate ^a   Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^a,b,c   Chasteen, Alison L ^a   Marchuk, Veronica ^a   Singh, Gurjit ^a,b,d   Smith, Sherri L ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Phonak AG   (Switzerland)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive screening; Dual sensory loss; Hearing loss; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 84927796976     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.968084     Document Type: Article

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