Age- and gender-specific reference ranges for hearing level and longitudinal changes in hearing level

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4 PART I, 1996, Pages 1949-1967

  Morrell, Christopher H ^a   Gordon Salant, Sandra ^b   Pearson, Jay D ^c   Brant, Larry J ^c   Fozard, James L ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX;

EID: 0029842533     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417906     Document Type: Article

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