The hearing impairment impact-significant other profile (HII-SOP): A tool to measure hearing loss-related quality of life in spouses of people with hearing loss

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 807-823

  Preminger, Jill E ^a   Meeks, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiologic rehabilitation; Hearing loss; Quality of life; Significant others; Third party disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT IMPACT SIGNIFICANT OTHER PROFILE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870174420     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.10.6     Document Type: Article

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