The self-reported handicapping effect of hearing disabilities

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 302-312

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

disability; Handicap; Hearing; Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPEECH;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031684912     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099809072984     Document Type: Article

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