A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany

A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany

The estimated hearing ability of German citizens is based on a comprehensive study published by von Stackelberg in 1986. At that time, 26.8% of West-Germany citizens were rated as hearing impaired. Because of the analyzing procedure used, these data cannot be used for comparison purposes with more r...

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Main Authors: I. Holube, P. Gablenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-03-01
Series:Audiology Research
Subjects:
epidemiology
hearing status
hearing ability.
Online Access:https://audiologyresearch.org/index.php/audio/article/view/5
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spelling doaj-35113638c2494243ba58cdc90790d4e12021-01-02T07:08:22ZengMDPI AGAudiology Research2039-43302039-43492011-03-011110.4081/audiores.2011.e34A representative study of hearing ability in North West GermanyI. Holube0P. Gablenz1Institute of Hearing Technology and Audiology, Jade University of Applied Sciences, OldenburgInstitute of Hearing Technology and Audiology, Jade University of Applied Sciences, OldenburgThe estimated hearing ability of German citizens is based on a comprehensive study published by von Stackelberg in 1986. At that time, 26.8% of West-Germany citizens were rated as hearing impaired. Because of the analyzing procedure used, these data cannot be used for comparison purposes with more recent international studies carried out e.g. by Uimonen et al. (1999), Wilson et al. (1999), Quaranta et al. (1996), and Johansson and Arlinger (2003). Other German data are based on non-representative evaluations or on subjective assessments. Therefore, the Institute of Hearing Technology and Audiology started HÖRSTAT, a two-year research project designed to fill this gap.https://audiologyresearch.org/index.php/audio/article/view/5epidemiologyhearing statushearing ability.
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P. Gablenz
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A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany
Audiology Research
epidemiology
hearing status
hearing ability.
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P. Gablenz
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title A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany
title_short A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany
title_full A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany
title_fullStr A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany
title_full_unstemmed A representative study of hearing ability in North West Germany
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2039-4349
publishDate 2011-03-01
description The estimated hearing ability of German citizens is based on a comprehensive study published by von Stackelberg in 1986. At that time, 26.8% of West-Germany citizens were rated as hearing impaired. Because of the analyzing procedure used, these data cannot be used for comparison purposes with more recent international studies carried out e.g. by Uimonen et al. (1999), Wilson et al. (1999), Quaranta et al. (1996), and Johansson and Arlinger (2003). Other German data are based on non-representative evaluations or on subjective assessments. Therefore, the Institute of Hearing Technology and Audiology started HÖRSTAT, a two-year research project designed to fill this gap.
topic epidemiology
hearing status
hearing ability.
url https://audiologyresearch.org/index.php/audio/article/view/5
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