Annals of Family Medicine 6:441-447 (2008)
© 2008 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
doi: 10.1370/afm.890
The Hearing-Dependent Daily Activities Scale to Evaluate Impact of Hearing Loss in Older People
Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo, MD1,2,
Clotilde Boix Gras, MD3,
Juan Manuel Téllez Lapeira, MD3,
Ignacio Párraga Martínez, MD3,
Maria Ángeles López Verdejo, MD4,
Francisco Escobar Rabadán, MD1 and
Ángel Otero Puime, MD5
1 Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
2 Department of Research, Teaching and Training, Health Care Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM), Albacete, Spain
3 Family and Community Medicine, Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Albacete, Spain
4 Opthalmology and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
5 Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Figure 1. Distribution of Hearing-Dependent Daily Activities Scale scores by participants sex (N = 1,160 participants).
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Figure 2. ROC curve for HDDA Scale in detecting hearing loss in older adults (N = 1,160 patients).
ROC = receiver operating characteristic; HDDA = Hearing-Dependent Daily Activities.
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