Aging and hearing health: The life-course approach

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages S256-S267

  Davis, Adrian ^a,b   McMahon, Catherine M ^c   Pichora Fuller, Kathleen M ^d   Russ, Shirley ^e   Lin, Frank ^f   Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^g   Chadha, Shelly ^h   Tremblay, Kelly L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AD Cave Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Healthy Start Initiative   (Nigeria)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiology; Geriatrics; Hearing AIDS; Hearing loss; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; HEALTH; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84964339354     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnw033     Document Type: Review

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