The effects of a sound awareness pre-fitting intervention: A randomized controlled trial

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Öberg, Marie ^a,b   Andersson, Gerhard ^a   Wänström, Gunilla ^b   Lunner, Thomas ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; One year follow up; Participation restriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 45849128997     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860802042062     Document Type: Article

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