Relationship between obesity and hearing loss

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1046-1050

  Kim, Sang Hoon ^a   Won, Yong Sung ^b   Kim, Myung Gu ^c   Baek, Young Jin ^c   Oh, In Hwan ^a   Yeo, Seung Geun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

age; Hearing loss; obesity; underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; THINNESS;

EID: 84976620755     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2016.1179787     Document Type: Article

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