Psychometric evaluation of a Norwegian version of the Communication Strategies Scale of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-520

  Helvik, Anne Sofie ^a,b   Thürmer, Hanne ^c   Jacobsen, Geir W ^b   Bratt, Mette ^a   Hallberg, Lillemor R M ^d  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Blefjell sykehus HF   (Norway)

^d HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORWAY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARIMAX ROTATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249736783     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600902596     Document Type: Article

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