Hearing aids: Expectations and satisfaction of people with an intellectual disability, a descriptive pilot study

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 913-922

  Meuwese Jongejeugd, A ^a   Verschuure, H ^a   Evenhuis, H M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dependency; Hearing aids; Intellectual disability; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 34848866667     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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