Why do some individuals with objectively verified hearing loss reject hearing aids?

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Helvik, Anne Sofie ^a,b,e   Wennberg, Siri ^c   Jacobsen, Geir ^b   Hallberg, Lillemor R M ^d  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity limitation; Communication strategies; Hearing aid; Hearing impairment; Participation restriction; Psychological well being; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES SCALE; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING DISABILITY AND HANDICAP SCALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL GENERAL WELL BEING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 45849124192     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860802178692     Document Type: Article

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