Information retention and overload in first-time hearing aid users: An interactive multimedia educational solution

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-332

  Ferguson, Melanie ^a,b   Brandreth, Marian ^a   Brassington, William ^a   Wharrad, Heather ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIMULATION TRAINING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84942882761     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: 15589137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJA-14-0088     Document Type: Article

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