Quality of life in children with unilateral hearing loss: A pilot study

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Borton, Sarah A ^a   Mauze, Elizabeth ^a   Lieu, Judith E C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral hearing loss; Focus group; Quality of life; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MISSOURI; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953592984     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2010/07-0043)     Document Type: Article

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