Hearing loss among individuals with dementia: Barriers and facilitators to care;La perte auditive chez les individus atteints de démence: Les facteurs nuisibles et favorables aux soins

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-313

  Hopper, Tammy ^a   Hinton, Patti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Dementia; Hearing loss; Long term care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872894214     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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