Practice pointer: Communicating in a healthcare setting with people who have hearing loss

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7775, 2010, Pages 726-729

  Middleton, Anna ^a   Niruban, Alagaratnam ^b   Girling, Gill ^c   Myint, Phyo Kyaw ^b,d,e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Norfolk Deaf Association   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONVERSATION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIP READING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOISE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHAME; STAFF TRAINING; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 77957359102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4672     Document Type: Review

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