Expectations, prefitting counseling, and hearing aid outcome

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 320-334

  Saunders, Gabrielle H ^a,b   Lewis, M Samantha ^a,b   Forsline, Anna ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Expectations; Hearing aids; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349091528     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.5.6     Document Type: Article

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