The effect of hearing aids on postural stability

Laryngoscope

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 720-723

  Rumalla, Kavelin ^a   Karim, Adham M ^a   Hullar, Timothy E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid; Audition; Auditory; Balance; Elderly; Fall; Hearing; Landmark; Posture; Romberg; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE SCALE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOAM TEST; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; TANDEM STANCE TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BODY POSTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOUND DETECTION; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84988289880     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24974     Document Type: Article

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