Counselling of hearing aid users is highly cost-effective

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 988-995

  Vuorialho, Arja ^a,b   Karinen, Petri ^a   Sorri, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hearing aid fitting; Hearing impairment; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY FOR THE ELDERLY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749037180     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0104-0     Document Type: Article

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