Quality of life improvement for bone-anchored hearing aid users and their partners

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 554-560

  McNeil, M L ^a   Gulliver, M ^b   Morris, D P ^a   Bance, M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hearing Aid; Hearing Loss; Osseo Integration; Outcome Assessments; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CANADA; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 79958834631     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215111000557     Document Type: Article

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