Initial-fit approach versus verified prescription: Comparing self-perceived hearing aid benefit

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 768-778

  Abrams, Harvey B ^a,b   Chisolm, Theresa H ^b,c   McManus, Megan ^c   McArdle, Rachel ^b,c  

^a Starkey Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aid; Hearing impairment; Patient outcome assessment; Questionnaire; Self reports

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED PROFILE OF HEARING AID BENEFIT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INITIAL FIT APPROACH; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROPHONE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERIFIED PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870164535     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.10.3     Document Type: Article

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