Primary care approach to hearing loss: The hidden disability

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Cohen, Seth M ^a   Labadie, Robert F ^a   Haynes, David S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCREENING TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEARING TEST; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 17844390673     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130508400111     Document Type: Article

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