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Hearing impairment and cognitive function among a community-dwelling population in Japan

BACKGROUND: Hearing impairment is a prevalent and chronic condition in older people. This study investigated the relationship between cognitive function and hearing impairment in a Japanese population. METHODS: A pure-tone average (0.5-2.0 kHz) was used to evaluate hearing impairment in 846 particip...

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Autores principales: Sugawara, Norio, Sasaki, Akira, Yasui-Furukori, Norio, Kakehata, Seiji, Umeda, Takashi, Namba, Atsushi, Nakaji, Shigeyuki, Shinkawa, Hideichi, Kaneko, Sunao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21961439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-10-27