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SUBMITTER: Smith AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4942375 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Alexander K AK Ritchie Christine S CS Miao Yinghui Y Boscardin W John WJ Wallhagen Margaret L ML
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 20160624 7
<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the prevalence and correlates of self-reported hearing loss during the last 2 years of life.<h4>Design</h4>Observational cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal nationally representative cohort of adults aged 50 and older (2000-13).<h4>Participants</h4>Older adults (N = 5,895, mean age at death 78, 53% female, 20% nonwhite).<h4>Measurements</h4>The HRS interview closest to death was used (mean 12.2 months before death). Part ...[more]