Bone-anchored hearing aid: Why do some patients refuse it?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-234

  Zawawi, Faisal ^a   Kabbach, Ghassan ^a   Lallemand, Marie ^a   Daniel, Sam J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BAHA; Candidacy; Cosmetic; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AURAL ATRESIA; BILATERAL HEARING LOSS; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EAR MALFORMATION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; UNILATERAL SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; MALE; PARENT; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PSYCHOLOGY; SUTURE ANCHOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BEAUTY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SUTURE ANCHORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84892482776     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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