Do experienced hearing aid users know how to use their hearing aids correctly?

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Desjardins, Jamie L ^a   Doherty, Karen A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hearing aid use; Hearing aids; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67651151464     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2009/08-0022)     Document Type: Article

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