Probe Microphone Placement for Real Ear Measurement: Update on a Simple Acoustic Method

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Searchfield, Grant D ^a   Purdy, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic placement method; External auditory meatus; Probe microphone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004358262     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0602.49     Document Type: Article

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