Validation of three adaptations of the Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) to German, English and Polish

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-161

  Weichbold, Viktor ^a,b   Anderson, Ilona ^a   D'Haese, Patrick ^a  

^a MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^b Clin Dept Hear Voice/Speech D   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Convergent validity; EARS; Internal reliability; MAIS; Questionnaire; Split half reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1642313598     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050021     Document Type: Article

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