Telehealth in audiology: The need and potential to reach underserved communities

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b   Clark, Jackie L ^b,c   Koekemoer, Dirk ^d   Hall Iii, James W ^a,e   Krumm, Mark ^f   Ferrari, Deborah V ^g   McPherson, Bradley ^h   Olusanya, Bolajoko O ⁱ   Mars, Maurice ^j   Russo, Iéda ^k   Barajas, Jose J ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d S African Breweries Brewing Res   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^k PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Behavioral measures; Demographics epidemiology; Electrophysiology; Hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; TELEMEDICINE;

AUDIOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77149169436     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903470783     Document Type: Article

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