The impact of hearing on communication

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 892, 2000, Pages 92-95

  Fook, Lisa ^a   Morgan, Rosemary ^a   Sharma, Priya ^a   Adekoke, Abel ^a   Turnbull, Christopher J ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Elderly; Hearing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VOICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIERS; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED;

EID: 0033985599     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.892.92     Document Type: Article

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