Pure-tone audiometric and impedance measurements in school-aged children in Finland

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Haapaniemi, J J ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Children; Epidemiology; Impedance audiometry; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0030857687     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02905985     Document Type: Article

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