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Comorbidity in adults with hearing difficulties: Which chronic medical conditions are related to hearing impairment?

Mariska Stam *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, section Audiology, VU University Medical Center and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Piet J. KostenseDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ulrike LemkePhonak AG, Science and Technology, Stäfa, Switzerland
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Paul Merkus *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, section Audiology, VU University Medical Center and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jan H. SmitDepartment of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center/GGZ in Geest and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Joost M. Festen *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, section Audiology, VU University Medical Center and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sophia E. Kramer *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, section Audiology, VU University Medical Center and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Pages 392-401 | Received 12 Jul 2013, Accepted 20 Dec 2013, Published online: 04 Mar 2014

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