The stigma attached to hearing impairment

Scandinavian Audiology, Supplement

Volumn 25, Issue 43, 1996, Pages 12-24

  Hétu, Raymond ^a   Getty, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Shame; Social identity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; HEARING DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED;

EID: 0029687247     PISSN: 01078593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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