Parental distress: The initial phase of hearing aid and cochlear implant fitting

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Burger, Thorsten ^a   Spahn, Claudia ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^b   Eissele, Susanne ^b   Löhle, Erwin ^b   Bengel, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Phoniatric and Pedaudiological Section of the ENT Clinic

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH;

EID: 18844389220     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2005.0017     Document Type: Article

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