New hearing aids for older listeners

Hearing Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 10-17

  Souza, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AUTOMATION; COMPREHENSION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 1642484260     PISSN: 07457472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000292369.42085.16     Document Type: Article

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