Benefit and quality of life in older bone-anchored hearing aid users

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 766-772

  De Wolf, Maarten J F ^a   Shival, My Linh C ^a   Hol, Myrthe K S ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Profile of HearingAid Benefit; Bone anchored hearing aid; Elderly; Glasgow Benefit Inventory; Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly screening version; Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire; Older adults; Quality of life questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUTURE ANCHOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE ANCHORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954371685     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181e3d740     Document Type: Article

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