A randomized, controlled trial of the short-term effects of complementing an educational program for hearing aid users with telephone consultations

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 654-662

  Lundberg, Milijana ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Lunner, Thomas ^b,d  

^a BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audiologic rehabilitation; Hearing loss; Patient education; Patient participation; Structured rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84855534755     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.10.4     Document Type: Article

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