Quality of life in hearing-impaired adults: The role of cochlear implants and hearing aids

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-422

  Cohen, Seth M ^a   Labadie, Robert F ^a   Dietrich, Mary S ^b   Haynes, David S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH;

EID: 4644365365     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.03.026     Document Type: Article

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