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Reduced hearing, ownership, and use of hearing aids in elderly people in the UK–the MRC Trial of the...

Reduced hearing, ownership, and use of hearing aids in elderly people in the UK–the MRC Trial of the...

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Reduced hearing, ownership, and use of hearing aids in elderly people in the UK–the MRC Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community: a cross-sectional survey

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Reduced hearing, ownership, and use of hearing aids in elderly people in the UK–the MRC Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community: a cross-sectional survey

Publisher

London: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

The Lancet (British edition), 2002-04, Vol.359 (9316), p.1466-1470

Language

English

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London: Elsevier Ltd

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Contents

Reduced hearing in elderly people is important because it is disabling and potentially treatable. We aimed to assess the prevalence of reduced hearing in elderly people and levels of ownership of hearing aids and use.
We have done a cross-sectional survey of people aged at least 75 years in 106 family practices in the UK. We obtained self-report...

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Full title

Reduced hearing, ownership, and use of hearing aids in elderly people in the UK–the MRC Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community: a cross-sectional survey

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_764147826

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_764147826

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ISSN

0140-6736

E-ISSN

1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08433-7

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