A naturalistic approach to assessing hearing aid candidacy and motivating hearing aid use

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 607-620

  Walden, Therese C ^a   Walden, Brian E ^a   Summers, Van ^a   Grant, Ken W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidacy; Everyday listening; Hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 73649096531     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.10.3     Document Type: Article

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