Development of APHAB norms for WDRC hearing aids and comparisons with original norms

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Johnson, Jani A ^a   Cox, Robyn M ^a   Alexander, Genevieve C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 75149175206     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181b8397c     Document Type: Article

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