Tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy in a UK National Health Service audiology department: Patients’ evaluations of the effectiveness of treatments

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 514-522

  Aazh, Hashir ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^b   Lammaing, Karen ^a   Cropley, Mark ^c  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

client centered counselling; education; hearing aids; hyperacusis; sound therapy; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HYPERACUSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REHABILITATION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; STATE MEDICINE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969715275     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2016.1178400     Document Type: Article

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