Research ArticleOriginal Research

The Association of Hearing Loss with Hospitalization

Philip Zazove, Melissa A. Plegue, Elie Mulhem, Kate Panzer, Samantha Ratakonda, Ananda Sen, Jenna Greenberg, Anna McEvoy, Paul R. Kileny and Michael M. McKee
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2023, jabfm.2022.220407R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220407R1

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