Hearing loss and falls: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2587-2596

  Jiam, Nicole Tin Lok ^a   Li, Carol ^b   Agrawal, Yuri ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; Hearing loss; meta analysis; older adults; risk factors; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECT SIZE; EMBASE; FALL RISK; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; AGED; COMPLICATION; FALLING; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84961789604     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.25927     Document Type: Review

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