Remote hearing aid fitting: Tele-audiology in the context of Brazilian Public Policy;Adaptação à distância de próteses auditivas acústicas: A teleaudiologia aplicada na melhoria da condução das Políticas Públicas no Brasil

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-381

  Penteado, Silvio Pires ^a   De Lima Ramos, Sueli ^b   Battistella, Linamara Rizzo ^c   Marone, Silvio Antonio Monteiro ^c   Bento, Ricardo Ferreira ^c  

^a Fundação Otorrinolaringologia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Hearing aids; Internet; Public policies; Technological development; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865277141     PISSN: 18099777     EISSN: 18094864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7162/S1809-97772012000300012     Document Type: Article

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