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Abstract

This is an experimental study examining the social networks of persons with hearing loss with and without amplification.  

In effect, we are examining how the Ida Communication Rings Tool correlates with other measures of social networks used in the health care field.

RelatedIdaTools

Communication Rings

Timeline

Research board approval has been received, and data will be collected over the summer of 2011.

Colleagues

Dr. Beth Humphrey and Elizabeth Brown (student)

Publishing

Data analysis should occur in the Fall 2011, and publication should follow soon after that.