Hearing benefits from tympanoplasty in four aboriginal adolescents

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Nienhuys, Terry ^a   Boswell, Judith ^a   Vercoe, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BINAURAL HEARING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 0029984306     PISSN: 10372105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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