An investigation of factors that influence help-seeking for hearing impairment in older adults

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 53, Issue S1, 2014, Pages

  Meyer, Carly ^a,b   Hickson, Louise ^a,b   Lovelock, Karen ^a,b   Lampert, Michelle ^a,c   Khan, Asad ^a,b  

^a HEARing Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Hearing aids; Hearing impairment; Help seeking; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84894169155     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.839888     Document Type: Article

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