Acquired Hearing Impairment in Older Couple Relationships: an Exploration of Couple Resilience Processes
Adults may acquire a hearing impairment through natural aging processes (presbycusis), exposure to loud noises, illnesses (e.g., Meniereâ s disease), and hereditary factors. Because hearing loss affects basic communication processes, couples often have to adjust their ways of interacting when one s...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Others |
| Published: |
Virginia Tech
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27166 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04232003-163522/ |