Readability of patient-reported outcome questionnaires for use with persons with tinnitus

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-673

  Atcherson, Samuel R ^a   Zraick, Richard I ^a   Brasseux, Raven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TINNITUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TINNITUS;

EID: 80052476793     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3182134654     Document Type: Article

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