Audiological disturbances caused by long-term exposure to industrial solvents, relation to the diagnosis of toxic encephalopathy

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-136

  Niklasson, Magnus ^a   Arlinger, Stig ^a   Ledin, Torbjörn ^a   Möller, Claes ^b   Ödkvist, Lars ^a   Flodin, Ulf ^a   Tham, Richard ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Chronic toxic encephalopathy; Cortical response audiometry; Distorted speech; Dynamic posturography; Psyche organic syndrome; Saccades; Smooth pursuit; Solvents; Vestibulooculomotor system; Visual suppression

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0031718060     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503998422629     Document Type: Article

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