Hearing aids as an adjunct to counseling: Tinnitus patients who choose amplification do better than those that don't

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 574-579

  Searchfield, Grant D ^a   Kaur, Manpreet ^a   Martin, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Counseling; Habituation; Hearing aids; Sound therapy; Tinnitus; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COUNSELING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUNSELING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954463386     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992021003777267     Document Type: Article

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