Factors That Affect the Use of Hearing Aids by Older People

No AccessEditor's AwardAmerican Journal of AudiologyClinical Focus: Innovation1 Jul 1996Factors That Affect the Use of Hearing Aids by Older PeopleA New Perspective Norman P. Erber, PhD Noelle L. Lamb, and Christopher Lind Norman P. Erber School of Communication Disorders, La Trobe University, Plenty Road, Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia Google Scholar More articles by this author , Noelle L. Lamb University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Google Scholar More articles by this author and Christopher Lind HEAR Service, Victorian Deaf Society, Melbourne, Australia Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/1059-0889.0502.11 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In References Baumfield, A., Hickson, L., & McPherson, B. (1993). Performance of assistive listening devices, using insertion gain measures.Scandinavian Audiology, 22, 43–46. Google Scholar Binnie, C. A., Montgomery, A. 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