Self-report outcome in new hearing-aid users: Longitudinal trends and relationships between subjective measures of benefit and satisfaction

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 382-392

  Vestergaard, Martin D ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory acclimatization; Auditory ecology; Factor analysis; First time hearing aid user; Reliability test; Self report benefit and satisfaction; Ski slope hearing loss; Subjective outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748638390     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600690977     Document Type: Article

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