The acceptance of hearing disability among adults experiencing hearing difficulties: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Manchaiah, Vinaya K C ^a,b   Molander, Peter ^b   Rönnberg, Jerker ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Lunner, Thomas ^b,d  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Eriksholm Research Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING DISABILITY ACCEPTANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF REPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84892851344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004066     Document Type: Article

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