Conducting qualitative research in audiology: A tutorial

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Knudsen, Line V ^a   Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^a,b   Jones, Lesley ^c   Preminger, Jill E ^d   Nielsen, Claus ^a   Lunner, Thomas ^a,e   Hickson, Louise ^b   Naylor, Graham ^a   Kramer, Sophia E ^f  

^a OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audiologic rehabilitation; Client perspectives; Interdisciplinary; International; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AUDIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84856026997     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.606283     Document Type: Review

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