Technology for hearing loss-as We Know it, and as We Dream it

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 408-413

  Clark, Jackie L ^a,b   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Hearing aids; Hearing healthcare; Innovation; Self fit hearing aids; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AUDIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906265904     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2014.905642     Document Type: Review

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