A survey of the attitudes of practitioners toward teleaudiology

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 850-860

  Singh, Gurjit ^a,b,c   Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^b,c,d   Malkowski, Marissa ^c   Boretzki, Michael ^a   Launer, Stefan ^a  

^a Phonak AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Survey; Teleaudiology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDIOLOGY; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDIOLOGY; CANADA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84964265164     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2014.921736     Document Type: Article

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