Factors influencing rehabilitation decisions of adults with acquired hearing impairment

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 497-507

  Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^a   Hickson, Louise ^a   Worrall, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing impairment; Older adults; Qualitative; Rehabilitation; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953336073     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992021003645902     Document Type: Article

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