Open AccessAssociation of Hearing Impairment and Mortality in Older Adults
Author(s) -
Dane J. Genther,
Joshua Betz,
Sheila R. Pratt,
Stephen B. Kritchevsky,
Kathryn R. Martin,
T. B. Harris,
Elizabeth Helzner,
Suzanne Satterfield,
QianLi Xue,
Kristine Yaffe,
Eleanor M. Simonsick,
Frank R. Lin,
for the Health ABC Study
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glu094
Subject(s) - medicine , decibel , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , dementia , hearing loss , observational study , odds ratio , demographics , audiology , demography , confidence interval , sociology , disease
Hearing impairment (HI) is highly prevalent in older adults and is associated with social isolation, depression, and risk of dementia. Whether HI is associated with broader downstream outcomes is unclear. We undertook this study to determine whether audiometric HI is associated with mortality in older adults.
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