Providing an internet-based audiological counselling programme to new hearing aid users: A qualitative study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 697-706

  Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^a,b   Kathleen Pichora Fuller, M ^b   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

E health; E mail; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Qualitative research; Rehabilitation; Tele health

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER; E-MAIL; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AUDIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33751572026     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600944408     Document Type: Article

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