Relationships between hearing disability, quality of life and wellbeing in older community-based Australians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-112

  Hickson, Louise ^a   Allen, Jodie ^a   Beswick, Rachael ^a   Fulton, Megan ^a   Wolf, Dayna ^a   Worrall, Linda ^a   Scarinci, Nerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Quality of life; Wellbeing; WHO ICF

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349190906     PISSN: 01571532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/audi.30.2.99     Document Type: Article

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