Evidence on Self-Fitting Hearing Aids

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-225

  Wong, Lena L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; self fitting hearing aids; trainable hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SELF CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84860794842     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713812444009     Document Type: Article

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