Comparison of spectral gradient acoustic reflectometry and other diagnostic techniques for detection of middle ear effusion in children with middle ear disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-559

  Barnett, Elizabeth D ^a   Klein, Jerome O ^b   Hawkins, Kimberly A ^b   Cabral, Howard J ^b   Kenna, Margaret ^b   Healy, Gerald ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Middle ear effusion; Otitis media; Spectral gradient acoustic reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031806768     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00035     Document Type: Article

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