A Self-Fitting Hearing Aid: Need and Concept

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Keidser, Gitte ^a,b   Convery, Elizabeth ^a,b   Dillon, Harvey ^a,b   Hartley, Lisa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

amplification; hearing aids; self fitting; teleaudiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84860803241     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713811427707     Document Type: Article

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