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Original Article

Measuring disability-specific patient benefit in cochlear implant programs: developing a short form of the Glasgow Health Status Inventory, the Hearing Participation Scale: Medicion de los beneficios en relacion a discapacidades especificas para pacientes en programas de implantación coclear: desarrollo de una version corta del “inventario del estado de salud de Glasgow, la escala de participacion auditiva”

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Pages 535-544 | Received 04 Oct 2001, Accepted 25 Feb 2002, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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