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Original Article

Hearing impairment, cognition and speech understanding: exploratory factor analyses of a comprehensive test battery for a group of hearing aid users, the n200 study

Jerker RönnbergDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Correspondence[email protected]
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Thomas LunnerDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Rørtangvej 20, 3070 Snekkersten, Denmark,
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Elaine Hoi Ning NgDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Björn LidestamDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Adriana Agatha ZekveldLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Section Ear & Hearing, Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
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Patrik SörqvistLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Department of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden,
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Björn LyxellDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Ulf TräffDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Wycliffe YumbaDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Elisabet ClassonDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Mathias HällgrenLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Birgitta LarsbyLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Carine SignoretDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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M. Kathleen Pichora-FullerLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and ;The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mary RudnerDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Henrik DanielssonDepartment of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Stefan StenfeltLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ;Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden,
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Pages 623-642 | Received 17 Mar 2016, Accepted 29 Jul 2016, Published online: 02 Sep 2016

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