Adults with mild hearing impairment: Are we meeting the challenge?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 786-795

  Timmer, Barbra H B ^a   Hickson, Louise ^a   Launer, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Phonak AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

hearing aids; hearing impairment; Hearing loss; literature review; mild; older adults

Indexed keywords

HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84942414613     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2015.1046504     Document Type: Review

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