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. 2005 Nov;95(11):1940-2.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056671. Epub 2005 Sep 29.

Prevalence of concurrent hearing and visual impairment in US adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2002

Alberto J Caban  1 , David J Lee, Orlando Gómez-Marín, Byron L Lam, D Diane Zheng
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Prevalence of concurrent hearing and visual impairment in US adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2002

Alberto J Caban et al. Am J Public Health. 2005 Nov.

Abstract

Analysis of data from a nationally representative sample of US adults (n=195801) showed that concurrent hearing and visual impairment prevalence rates were highest for participants older than 79 years of age (16.6%); a 3-fold increase in age-adjusted rates of reported hearing and visual impairment was observed for Native Americans compared with Asian Americans. Research on preventing concurrent hearing and visual impairment and countering its consequences is warranted, especially in population subgroups, such as Native and older Americans.

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