Multimedia hearing handicap inventory: Reliability and clinical utility

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-13

  Holcomb, Sara S ^a   Punch, Jerry L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aid benefit; Hearing handicap; Hearing handicap inventory; Hearing screening; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMEDIA HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; AGE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38049151374     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2006/002)     Document Type: Article

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