Open AccessAssociation of Hearing Impairment with Declines in Physical Functioning and the Risk of Disability in Older Adults
Author(s) -
David S. Chen,
Joshua Betz,
Kristine Yaffe,
Hilsa N. Ayonayon,
Stephen B. Kritchevsky,
Kathryn R. Martin,
Tamara B. Harris,
Elizabeth Purchase-Helzner,
Suzanne Satterfield,
QianLi Xue,
Sheila R. Pratt,
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/glu207
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , population , hearing loss , audiometry , absolute threshold of hearing , observational study , audiology , physical therapy , confidence interval , environmental health
Identifying factors associated with functional declines in older adults is important given the aging of the population. We investigated if hearing impairment is independently associated with objectively measured declines in physical functioning in a community-based sample of older adults.
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