Internet access and use in adults with hearing loss

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Thorén, Elisabet Sundewall ^a,b   Öberg, Marie ^a,c   Wänström, Gunilla ^c   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,d   Lunner, Thomas ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^c County Council of Östergötland   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Hearing rehabilitation; Internet; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TRENDS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; UTILIZATION;

HEARING LOSS; HEARING REHABILITATION; INTERNET; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878724501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2221     Document Type: Article

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