Escaping a silent world: Profound hearing loss, cochlear implants and household interaction

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Ross, Liz ^a   Lyon, Phil ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carers; Cochlear implants; Deafness; Information; Interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992780118     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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