Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) for people who are bilaterally deaf: A systematic review and economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 1-200

  Colquitt, J L ^a   Jones, J ^a   Harris, P ^a   Loveman, E ^a   Bird, A ^a   Clegg, A J ^a   Baguley, D M ^b   Proops, D W ^c   Mitchell, T E ^d   Sheehan, P Z ^e   Welch, K ^a  

^a Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR CONDUCTION HEARING AID; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; MYRINGOPLASTY; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONEME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH NOISE RATIO; STAPEDECTOMY; STAPEDOTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TYMPANOPLASTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 79960826563     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta15260     Document Type: Review

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