Individual differences and the reliability of 2F1-F2 distortion-product otoacoustic emissions: Effects of time-of-day, stimulus variables, and gender

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1138-1148

  Cacace, Anthony T ^a   McClelland, William A ^a   Weiner, Jordan ^b   McFarland, Dennis J ^c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Gender effects; Individual differences; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCHLEA; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; SOUND PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029902518     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3906.1138     Document Type: Article

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