Hearing aid patient education materials: Is there room for improvement?

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 354-359

  Joseph, John ^a   Svider, Peter F ^a   Shaigany, Kevin ^b   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^b,c,d   McDonald, Paulette G ^a,e   Folbe, Adam J ^a   Hong, Robert S ^a,e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e IMichigan Ear Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Hearing aid; Hearing aid education; Hearing aids; Patient education; Patient education materials; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WEB BROWSER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; DEAF EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INTERNET; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION OF HEARING DISABLED; HEALTH LITERACY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TEACHING MATERIALS; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84964690534     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15066     Document Type: Article

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