Is hearing loss associated with poorer health in older adults who might benefit from hearing screening?

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e194-e201

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KELOWNA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging adults; Audiometric screening; Cognition; NHANES; Social isolation; Unaddressed hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955603314     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000267     Document Type: Article

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