title: [Hearing disorders in patients of older age groups].
abstract: Results of the investigation of hearing of elderly people living in nursing houses in Saint-Petersburg, obtained through a tonal threshold audiometry are described in this article. The analysis of hearing-loss prevalence depending on the age, the hearing-loss degrees, the presence of complaints about the hearing loss are also represented as well as the discussion about the possible causes of hearing loss (accompanying somatic diseases, working in noisy environment, hearing diseases inheritance).
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Golovanova
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Boboshko
authors.forename: N Iu
authors.initials: NIu
authors.lastname: Takhtaeva
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Zhilinskaia
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors