Real-Life efficacy and reliability of training a hearing aid

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 619-629

  Keidser, Gitte ^a   Alamudi, Karima ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883741292     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31828d269a     Document Type: Article

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