Clinical application and psychometric properties of a norwegian questionnaire for the self-assessment of communication in quiet and adverse conditions using two revised APHAB subscales

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 25-34

  Laugen Heggdal, Peder O ^a,b   Nordvik, Øyvind ^c   Brännström, Jonas ^d   Vassbotn, Flemming ^a,b   Aarstad, Anne Kari ^a   Aarstad, Hans Jørgen ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Outcome; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED PROFILE OF HEARING AID BENEFIT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL HEARING LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING AID; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85040182650     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16102     Document Type: Article

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