Readability of internet information on hearing: Systematic literature review

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-288

  Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^a,b   Thorén, Elisabet Sundewall ^a  

^a OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; READING;

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNET; READING;

EID: 84942925678     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: 15589137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJA-14-0091     Document Type: Article

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