Hearing-impaired children in the United Kingdom, I: Auditory performance, communication skills, educational achievements, quality of life, and cochlear implantation

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-186

  Stacey, Paula C ^a,c   Fortnum, Heather M ^a,d   Barton, Garry R ^a,b   Summerfield, A Quentin ^a,c  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING LOSS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746535982     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000202353.37567.b4     Document Type: Article

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