Rejection of hearing aids: A critical review

Journal of Audiological Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-199

  Arnold, Paul ^a   Mackenzie, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Educ of the Deaf and Speech Pathol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denial; Hearing aids; Hearing aid effect; Rejection; Stigmatization; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031768714     PISSN: 09637133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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