A training program designed to improve the speech intelligibility of persons who interact frequently with elderly individuals who have a hearing loss: Evaluation of the efficacy of the program

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-186

  Kozlowski, Lorena ^a,b   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TUIUTI DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clear speech; Elderly; Hearing loss; Speech communication; Speech intelligibility; Speech understanding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TRAINING;

EID: 0036858137     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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