Predicting success with hearing aids in everyday living

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 342-352

  Walden, Therese C ^a   Walden, Brian E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Audiometric variables; Everyday success; Hearing aids; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16544394275     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15.5.2     Document Type: Article

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