Clinical trial of a low-cost, high power compression hearing aid

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-81

  Parving, Agnete ^a   Christensen, Birger ^a   Nielsen, Jorgen ^a   Konrádsson, Konrád ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Low cost HAs; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 22344450358     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860510041090     Document Type: Article

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