title: Advocating for the elderly hard-of-hearing population: the deaf people we ignore.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Desselle
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Proctor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003638:Deafness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D012947:Social Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*