Value of self-identification of hearing loss in a screening program for older adults.
During auditory screening, 100 adults over age 65 were asked to self-identify the presence of a hearing loss. Most saying "no" to the presence of a loss passed the hearing and communication screening while those who said "yes" were more at risk for failure on both.
Dancer
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J
Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock 72205, USA.
Jackson
L
L
D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*