Hearing impairment and socioeconomic factors: a population-based survey of an urban locality in southern Brazil Deficiencia auditiva y factores socioeconómicos: estudio de base poblacional en una localidad urbana del sur de Brasil

Hearing impairment and socioeconomic factors: a population-based survey of an urban locality in southern Brazil Deficiencia auditiva y factores socioeconómicos: estudio de base poblacional en una localidad urbana del sur de Brasil

OBJECTIVE: To provide the first population-based data on deafness and hearing impairment in Brazil. METHODS: In 2003, a cross-sectional household survey was conducted of 2 427 persons 4 years old and over. The study population was composed of 1 040 systematically chosen households in 40 randomly sel...

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Main Authors: Jorge Umberto Béria, Beatriz Carmen Warth Raymann, Luciana Petrucci Gigante, Andréia Cristina Leal Figueiredo, Geraldo Jotz, Renato Roithman, Sady Selaimen da Costa, Vera Garcez, Caroline Scherer, Andrew Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2007-06-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Sordera
pérdida auditiva
Brasil
Deafness
hearing loss
Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892007000500006

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