The relationships between self-reported hearing disability and measures of auditory disability

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 277-287

  Kramer, Sophia E ^a   Kapteyn, Theo S ^a   Festen, Joost M ^a   Tobi, Hilde ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hearing disability; Performance tests; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 0029970834     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099609071948     Document Type: Article

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