Relating hearing aid use to social and emotional loneliness in older adults

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-61

  Weinstein, Barbara E ^a   Sirow, Lynn W ^a   Moser, Sarah ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961665668     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0055     Document Type: Article

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