Noise-induced hearing loss in young adults: The role of personal listening devices and other sources of leisure noise

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1832-1839

  Mostafapour, Sam P ^a   Lahargoue, Kelli ^a   Gates, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Noise induced hearing loss; Personal listening devices; Recreational noise exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0031770627     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199812000-00013     Document Type: Article

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