The contractor will estimate genetic effects, family and residual environmental effects on hearing (with a special reference to presbycusis and other hearing impairments and disorders), assess the distribution of hearing impairments and disorders in a population, test the understanding of speech for persons with hearing impairments and disorders, assess the psycho-social effects of heating loss, and estimate the stability/instability of hearing loss and hearing impairments and disorders.

Project Start
1996-03-01
Project End
1999-08-31
Budget Start
1999-02-26
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
U.S. National Institutes of Health
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Oslo
State
Country
Norway
Zip Code
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