eHealth and the hearing aid adult patient journey: A state-of-the-art review

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Paglialonga, Alessia ^a   Cleveland Nielsen, Annette ^b   Ingo, Elisabeth ^c   Barr, Caitlin ^d   Laplante Lévesque, Ariane ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

EHealth; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Hearing rehabilitation; MHealth; State of the art review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EHEALTH; HEARING AIDS; MHEALTH; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL VALIDATIONS; E-HEALTH SERVICES; HEARING LOSS; RECENT RESEARCHES; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

AUDITION;

AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; ADULT; HEARING AID; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85050755518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12938-018-0531-3     Document Type: Review

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