Medical practitioners' attitudes to hearing rehabilitation for older adults

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 850-856

  Gilliver, Megan ^a,b   Hickson, Louise ^a,c  

^a HEARing CRC   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Hearing aids; Hearing rehabilitation; Medical practitioners; Older adults; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS;

EID: 81855181679     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.601468     Document Type: Article

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