Hearing, Cognition, and Healthy Aging: Social and Public Health Implications of the Links between Age-Related Declines in Hearing and Cognition

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 122-139

  Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^a,b,c   Mick, Paul ^d,e   Reed, Marilyn ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e KELOWNA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

age related hearing loss (ARHL); cognitive aging; healthy aging; Social isolation; social support

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84936944643     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1555116     Document Type: Article

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