Hearing aid patients in private practice and public health (Veterans Affairs) clinics: Are they different?

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-528

  Cox, Robyn M ^a,b,c   Alexander, Genevieve C ^a,b   Gray, Ginger A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Memphis Speech and Hearing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED PROFILE OF HEARING AID BENEFIT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING AID; HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION WITH AMPLIFICATION IN DAILY LIFE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 33748589445     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000188188.01311.0b     Document Type: Article

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