Psychic stress and quality of life in parents during decisive phases in the therapy of their hearing-impaired children

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-320

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748515186     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000224733.53110.27     Document Type: Article

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