(De)stigmatizing the Silent Epidemic: Representations of Hearing Loss in Entertainment Television

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 888-900

  Foss, Katherine A ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901632359     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.814079     Document Type: Article

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