Bilateral threshold frequency weighting in wearing disability predictions

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Corthals, Paul ^a,b,c   Vinck, Bart ^a,b   De Vel, Eddy ^a   Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auditory handicap; Disability prediction; Hearing disability; Hearing self assessment; Medico legal assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NOISE POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0030825888     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01050399709048009     Document Type: Article

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