Evaluating the short-term and long-term effects of an internet-based aural rehabilitation programme for hearing aid users in general clinical practice: A randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Malmberg, Milijana ^a,b   Lunner, Thomas ^c,d   Kähäri, Kim ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^c,e  

^a Habilitation and Health   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

audiology; aural rehabilitation; clinical practice; hearing loss; internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TELECONSULTATION; WELLBEING; AGE; ANXIETY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTOR; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020288340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013047     Document Type: Article

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