Social representation of hearing aids: Cross-cultural study in India, Iran, Portugal, and the United Kingdom

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 1601-1615

  Manchaiah, Vinaya ^a   Danermark, Berth ^b   Vinay, ^c   Ahmadi, Tayebeh ^d   Tomé, David ^e   Krishna, Rajalakshmi ^f   Germundsson, Per ^g  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^g MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross culture; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Perception; Social representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; MARKETING; PORTUGAL; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL REPRESENTATION THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRAN; MALE; PORTUGAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84943595202     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S86108     Document Type: Article

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