The HEAR-QL: Quality of life questionnaire for children with hearing loss

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 644-653

  Umansky, Amy M ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a   Lieu, Judith E C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Audiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hearing loss; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING ENVIRONMENTS AND REFLECTION ON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855552544     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.10.3     Document Type: Article

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