Bilateral bone-anchored hearing aid: Impact on quality of life measured with the Glasgow Benefit Inventory

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 891-896

  Ho, Eu Chin ^a,b   Monksfield, Peter ^a   Egan, Elizabeth ^a   Reid, Andrew ^a   Proops, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Bone conduction; Conductive; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE ANCHORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349733321     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181b4ec6f     Document Type: Article

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