Short-Term Hearing Aid Benefit in a Large Group

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-280

  Ivory, Peter J ^a   Hendricks, Bryan L ^b   Van Vliet, Dennis ^c   Beyer, Cynthia M ^d   Abrams, Harvey B ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Starkey Laboratories   (United States)

^d HearUSA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hearing aids; rehabilitation of hearing impaired; self assessment; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749291788     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713809354902     Document Type: Article

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