The role of communication partners in the audiological enablement/ rehabilitation of a person with hearing impairment: An overview

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Manchaiah, Vinaya K C ^a,b   Stephens, Dafydd ^c   Zhao, Fei ^d   Kramer, Sophia E ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication partner (CP); Enablement; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Person with hearing impairment (PHI); Rehabilitation; Significant other

Indexed keywords

ANGER; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; FRUSTRATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDLINE; MENTAL IRRITATION; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; STIGMA;

EID: 84856928785     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1651386X.2012.655914     Document Type: Review

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