Hearing rehabilitation for adults in Sweden.
Hearing rehabilitation in Sweden is based on the Swedish medical system, with its regional and university hospital services. The medical service is supervised by audiology physicians, usually working in ENT clinics. Other important professionals include the hearing educationalist and audiologists who are responsible for audiometric testing and hearing aid fitting. The organization of the service is described.
D001298:Audiology; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration; D006766:Hospitals, County; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013548:Sweden