Coping together with hearing loss: a qualitative meta-synthesis of the psychosocial experiences of people with hearing loss and their communication partners

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 297-305

  Barker, Alex B ^a   Leighton, Paul ^b   Ferguson, Melanie A ^a,c  

^a NIHR NOTTINGHAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adjustment; communication; coping; Hearing; identity; loss; others; partners; psychosocial; significant; stigma

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMMUNICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPOUSES;

EID: 85013777665     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2017.1286695     Document Type: Review

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