Clinical report: Evaluating the efficacy of a group audiologic rehabilitation program for adults with hearing loss using a Goal Attainment Scaling approach

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Jennings, Mary Beth ^a,b  

^a Ontario Canada School of Communication Sciences and Disorders   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired hearing loss; Audiologic rehabilitation (AR); Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS); Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349817290     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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