How people with hearing impairment in New Zealand use the Internet to obtain information about their hearing health

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 141-151

  Peddie, Kristen A ^a   Kelly Campbell, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Help seeking; Internet

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINES; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

ANSWER SET; CLOSED SET; HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; HELP SEEKING; INTERNET SEARCHES; INTERNET USE; NEW ZEALAND;

AUDITION;

EID: 85015754182     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.037     Document Type: Article

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