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Age-Related Hearing Loss and the Factors Determining Continued Usage of Hearing Aids among Elderly Community-Dwelling Residents

While hearing aids are recommended for people with age-related hearing loss, many with impaired hearing do not use them. In this study, we investigated how many elderly people in the study area needed hearing aids, and the factors that determined continued wearing of the devices. The study area was...

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Autores principales: Mizutari, Kunio, Michikawa, Takehiro, Saito, Hideyuki, Okamoto, Yasuhide, Enomoto, Chieko, Takebayashi, Toru, Ogawa, Kaoru, Nishiwaki, Yuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24086287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073622