A study of the reliability of automatic audiometry by the frequency scanning method (AUDIOSCAN)

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Laroche, Chantal ^a   Hétu, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Audioscan; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031057717     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099709071957     Document Type: Article

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