Hearing confirms existence and identity - Experiences from persons with presbyacusis

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-115

  Espmark, Ann Kristin Karlsson ^a,c   Scherman, Marianne Hansson ^b  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Experience; Hearing loss; Phenomenography; Presbyacusis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESBYCUSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0038540167     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020309078341     Document Type: Article

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