The Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid: Quality-of-Life Assessment

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-399

  Hol, Myrthe K S ^a   Spath, Marian A ^a   Krabbe, Paul F M ^a   Van Der Pouw, Catharina T M ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OTORRHEA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CONDUCTION; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 1842530195     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.4.394     Document Type: Article

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