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Adult aural rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

IJ Mackenzie
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester,, UK

Abstract

The epidemiology of hearing loss in the elderly has been well documented in the UK by Davis and in the USA by Gates. Both studies confirm that presbyacusis is common. Hearing loss results in significant disability in social communication. Davis based his conclusions on a cohort of 2910 subjects while Gates looked at 1475 subjects six years apart. Both studies carried out detailed audiological examinations.

Type
Review Article
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1999

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