Prevalence of age-related hearing loss in Europe: A review

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 268, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1101-1107

  Roth, Thomas Niklaus ^a   Hanebuth, Dirk ^b,c,d   Probst, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; AHEAD; Auditory system; Cochlear function; Epidemiology; Europe; Presbyacusis

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED HEARING LOSS; AGING; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FINLAND; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85027942031     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1597-8     Document Type: Review

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