Hearing Aid Satisfaction: What Does Research from the Past 20 Years Say?

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 117-161

  Wong, Lena L N ^a,b   Hickson, Louise ^a   McPherson, Bradley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BINAURAL HEARING; COST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND;

EID: 1542347755     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108471380300700402     Document Type: Article

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