Comparisons of client and clinician views of the importance of factors in client-clinician interaction in hearing aid purchase decisions

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-259

  Poost Foroosh, Laya ^a,b   Jennings, Mary Beth ^a,b   Cheesman, Margaret F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Client centered care; Hearing aid uptake; Hearing loss; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; VERY ELDERLY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84924592452     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.26.3.5     Document Type: Article

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