Audiometry in general practice. Validation of a pragmatic pure-tone audiometry method

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Karlsmose, Bo ^a,d   Pedersen, Henrik Baymler ^b   Lauritzen, Torsten ^a   Parving, Agnete ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Department of General Practice ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ebeltoft; Family practice; Hearing health services; Pure tone audiometry; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0031663630     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503998422638     Document Type: Article

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