Interventions to improve hearing aid use in adult auditory rehabilitation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Barker, Fiona ^a   Mackenzie, Emma ^b   Elliott, Lynette ^c   Jones, Simon ^a   de Lusignan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c The Princess Margaret Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84914132493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010342.pub2     Document Type: Review

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