Screening Receptive Communication of Older Adults in Residential Care

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 38-46

  Erber, Norman P ^a   Heine, Chyrisse ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Caregiver training; Hearing loss; Nursing homes; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002358863     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0503.38     Document Type: Article

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