Hearing aid satisfaction and use in the advanced digital era

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2029-2036

  Kaplan Neeman, Ricky ^a   Muchnik, Chava ^a   Hildesheimer, Minka ^a   Henkin, Yael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adults; Digital hearing aids; hearing aid use; questionnaire; satisfaction; Satisfaction With Amplification in Daily Life questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865636116     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23404     Document Type: Article

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