Everyday hearing functioning in unilateral versus bilateral hearing aid users

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-211

  Most, Tova ^a   Adi Bensaid, Limor ^a   Shpak, Talma ^a,b   Sharkiya, Siwar ^b   Luntz, Michal ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BILATERAL HEARING AID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH SPATIAL AND QUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; UNILATERAL HEARING AID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857791250     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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