Effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids for adults with hearing loss: A systematic review protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Maidment, David W ^a,b   Barker, Alex B ^a,b   Xia, Jun ^c   Ferguson, Melanie A ^a,d  

^a Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Systematic Review Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEARING; MOBILE APPLICATION; SELF HELP DEVICE; SMARTPHONE;

HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84994030772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011683     Document Type: Article

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