A parsimonious approach for screening moderate-to-profound hearing loss in a community-dwelling geriatric population based on a decision tree analysis

A parsimonious approach for screening moderate-to-profound hearing loss in a community-dwelling geriatric population based on a decision tree analysis

Abstract Background Hearing loss is one of the most common modifiable factors associated with cognitive and functional decline in geriatric populations. An accurate, easy-to-apply, and inexpensive hearing screening method is needed to detect hearing loss in community-dwelling elderly people, interve...

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Main Authors: Min Zhang, Zhaori Bi, Xinping Fu, Jiaofeng Wang, Qingwei Ruan, Chao Zhao, Jirong Duan, Xuan Zeng, Dian Zhou, Jie Chen, Zhijun Bao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Community-dwelling geriatrics
Hearing screening
Decision tree
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1232-x

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