Normative data for the Attitudes towards Loss of Hearing Questionnaire

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 637-652

  Saunders, Gabrielle H ^a   Cienkowski, Kathleen M ^b   Forsline, Anna ^a   Fausti, Stephen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Counseling; Hearing aids; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENIAL; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33644862409     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.9.2     Document Type: Article

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