Effectiveness of an affordable hearing aid with elderly persons

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 601-609

  McPherson, Bradley ^a   Wong, E T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144484138     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400019682     Document Type: Article

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