The maintenance and utilisation of government fitted hearing aids

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-118

  Sooful, Prasha ^a   Van Dijk, Catherine ^a   Avenant, Carina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adults; Government hospitals; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Service delivery guidelines; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEARING AID; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 60349109368     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0014-9     Document Type: Article

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