Hearing and Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Polku, H., Mikkola, T., Rantakokko, M., Portegijs, E., Törmäkangas, T., Rantanen, T., & Viljanen, A. (2018). Hearing and Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(3), 543-552. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw045
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2018Discipline
Gerontologia ja kansanterveysGerontologian tutkimuskeskusHyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisöGerontology and Public HealthGerontology Research CenterSchool of WellbeingCopyright
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This study is part of the international HEARATTN (Hearing, remembering and living well: Paying attention to challenges that older adults face in noisy environments)-research project which received funding in the call “Active and Healthy Aging Across the Life Course” by the European Research Area in Ageing (ERA-AGE2). Finnish part of the consortium is funded by the Academy of Finland (grant number 263729). T. T. (personal grant number 286536) and MR (personal grant number 285747) are funded by the Academy of Finland. The LISPE project is funded by the Academy of Finland, the Future of Living and Housing program (ASU-LIVE; grant number 255403 to T. R.) and Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (to T. R. and E. P.). ...License
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