Hearing aid rehabilitation: What do older people want, and what does the audiogram tell?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Rosenhall, Ulf ^a   Espmark, Ann Kristin Karlsson ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Aural rehabilitation; Hearing aid; Middle ear disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRESBYACUSIS; PROSTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING AIDS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRESBYCUSIS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 0642282078     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020309074644     Document Type: Article

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