Concepedia

[Prevalence of hearing disorders in China: a population-based survey in four provinces of China].

Xiangyang Hu, Xiaoying Zheng, Mo Long, Rui Han, Lijun Zhou, Fang Wang, Rui Gong, Tao Pan, Shaoxing Zhang, Bo Du,

PubMed · 2016 · 25 citations · 0 references

Concepts

MedicineAudiologyOtolaryngologyHearing AssessmentHearing ScienceOtologyAudiologic EvaluationHearing HealthHearing ImpairmentHearing LossDiagnostic Audiological EvaluationProbability-proportional-to-size SamplingStandardized Morbidity RatesUnequal Probability Sampling

Abstract

The prevalence of hearing disorders is high, and hearing disorders are " invisible" . Demographics and socioeconomic factors significantly influence the prevalence of hearing disorders.