Severe to profound hearing impairment: Quality of life, psychosocial consequences and audiological rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1849-1856

  Carlsson, Per Inge ^a,b   Hjaldahl, Jennie ^b   Magnuson, Anders ^b   Ternevall, Elisabeth ^c   Edén, Margareta ^d   Skagerstrand, Asa ^b   Jönsson, Radi ^d  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EuroQoL 5D; sick leave; the hospital anxiety and depression scale; the problems impact rating scale; tinnitus; vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939812063     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.982833     Document Type: Article

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