Evaluation of the self-fitting process with a commercially available hearing aid

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 109-118

  Convery, Elizabeth ^a,b   Keidser, Gitte ^a,b   Seeto, Mark ^a,b   McLelland, Margot ^a,b  

^a School of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplification; Hearing aids; Personal sound amplification products; Self fitting hearing aids

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GROOVED PEGBOARD TEST; HEALTH LITERACY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL SCALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-FITTING HEARING AID; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOUND INTENSITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON; PROCEDURES; PROSTHETIC FITTING; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF-MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85014501659     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15076     Document Type: Article

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