The relationship between hearing impairment and cognitive function: a meta-analysis in adults

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 718-729

  Taljaard, D S ^a,b   Olaithe, M ^b   Brennan Jones, C G ^a,b   Eikelboom, R H ^a,b,c   Bucks, R S ^b  

^a EAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84959440531     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12607     Document Type: Article

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