A preliminary evaluation of the active communication education program in a sample of 87-year-old hearing impaired individuals

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-228

  Öberg, Marie ^a   Bohn, Therese ^b   Larsson, Ulrika ^b   Hickson, Louise ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Hearing Clinic CountyCouncil of Östergötland   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audiological rehabilitation; Communication strategies; Group programs; Hearing impairment; Older people

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMMUNICATION EDUCATION PROGRAM; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIENT ORIENTED SCALE OF IMPROVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EFFECT SIZE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL OUTCOME INVENTORY ALLTERNATIVE INTERVENTIONS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON; HUMAN TISSUE; REHABILITATION; SWEDISH CITIZEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84901289694     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.2.10     Document Type: Article

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