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Validity of self-reported hearing loss in adults: performance of three single questions

Sílvia Ferrite, Vilma Sousa Santana, Stephen W. Marshall

Revista de Saúde Pública · 2011 · 126 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Each of all three questions provides responses accurate enough to support their use to assess self-reported hearing loss in epidemiological studies with adult populations when pure-tone audiometry is not feasible.

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