Hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation: Perspectives of adults with hearing impairment

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^a,b   Knudsen, Line V ^a   Preminger, Jill E ^c   Jones, Lesley ^d   Nielsen, Claus ^a   Öberg, Marie ^e   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 Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audiologic rehabilitation; Hearing aids; Hearing help seeking; Hearing impairment; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED;

EID: 84856045007     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.606284     Document Type: Review

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