Assessment of patient satisfaction with various configurations of digital CROS and BiCROS hearing aids

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hill III, Samuel L ^a   Marcus, Avron ^a   Digges, E Nicholas B ^a   Gillman, Nancy ^a   Silverstein, Herbert ^a   Stevens, Jessica ^a  

^a Ear Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749119557     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130608500710     Document Type: Article

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