Survey on hearing aid outcome in Switzerland: Associations with type of fitting (bilateral/unilateral), level of hearing aid signal processing, and hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 333-346

  Bertoli, Sibylle ^a   Bodmer, Daniel ^a   Probst, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Hearing aid use; Hearing aids; Satisfaction; Signal processing; Survey; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950967768     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903473431     Document Type: Article

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