Agreement between two tympanometers. A methodological study of instrument comparison

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Gaihede, Michael ^a   Marker, Frank ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compliance; Gradient; Middle ear pressure; Precision; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031798901     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503998420351     Document Type: Article

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