Association of hearing impairment with declines in physical functioning and the risk of disability in older adults.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on December 03, 2014

Authors

David S Chen1, Joshua Betz2, Kristine Yaffe3, Hilsa N Ayonayon3, Stephen Kritchevsky4, Kathryn R Martin5, Tamara B Harris6, Elizabeth Purchase-Helzner7, Suzanne Satterfield8, Qian-Li Xue9, Sheila Pratt10, Eleanor M Simonsick11, Frank R Lin12, Health ABC study

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
2: Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
3: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California.
4: Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
5: Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences and Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland. Epidemiology Group, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
6: Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences and Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland.
7: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
8: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
9: Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
10: Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
11: Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland.
12: Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland. flin1@jhmi.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Hearing Loss and Communication Needs in a Group Care Setting for Older Adults | NCT04659967

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