How useful are direct-to-consumer hearing aids?

Affiliations

¹ Hospitalist at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital in Ottawa, Ont, and a physician adviser at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
² Clinical Evidence Expert at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Émélie Braschi et al. Can Fam Physician. 2024 Jul-Aug.

. 2024 Jul-Aug;70(7-8):475.

doi: 10.46747/cfp.700708475.

¹ Hospitalist at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital in Ottawa, Ont, and a physician adviser at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
² Clinical Evidence Expert at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

No abstract available

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