Acquired hearing impairment in older couple relationships: An exploration of couple resilience processes

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-228

  Yorgason, Jeremy B ^a   Piercy, Fred P ^b   Piercy, Susan K ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Couples; Hearing loss; Meaning; Qualitative; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250839394     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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