Hearing-aid use and long-term health outcomes: Hearing handicap, mental health, social engagement, cognitive function, physical health, and mortality

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 838-844

  Dawes, Piers ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^b   Fischer, Mary E ^b   Klein, Barbara E K ^b   Klein, Ronald ^b   Nondahl, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

activities of daily living; cognitive function; Hearing aids; hearing impairment; mental health; social engagement

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WISCONSIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84942434024     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2015.1059503     Document Type: Article

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