Should significant others be encouraged to join adult group audiologic rehabilitation classes?

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 545-555

  Preminger, Jill E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiologic rehabilitation; Communication strategies; Hearing handicap; Rehabilitation of hearing impaired

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1842485841     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.14.10.3     Document Type: Article

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