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Self‐Reported Hearing Impairment and Incident Frailty in English Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A 4‐Year Follow‐Up Study

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2016

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Ann Liljas, Lívia A. Carvalho, Efstathios Papachristou, César de Oliveira, S. Goya Wannamethee, Sheena E Ramsay, Kate Walters
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Abstract

Hearing impairment in prefrail older adults was associated with greater risk of becoming frail, independent of covariates, suggesting that hearing impairment may hasten the progression of frailty.

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