Use of the Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life Questionnaire to Assess Patient Satisfaction following Remote Hearing Aid Adjustments (Telefitting)

JMIR Medical Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Penteado, Silvio Pires ^a   Bento, Ricardo Ferreira ^a   Battistella, Linamara Rizzo ^a   Silva, Sara Manami ^a   Sooful, Prasha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audiology; Correction of hearing impairment; Hearing AIDS; Hearing loss; Prosthesis fitting; Public policy; Quality improvement; Questionnairies; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099687056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/medinform.2769     Document Type: Article

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