Hearing handicap ratings among different profiles of adult cochlear implant users

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-120

  Noble, William ^a,b   Tyler, Richard ^b   Dunn, Camille ^b   Bhullar, Navjot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY FOR THE ELDERLY; HEARING HANDICAP QUESTIONNAIRE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37648998618     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31815d6da8     Document Type: Article

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