Use of tympanometry in office practice for diagnosis of otitis media

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 544-551

  Brookhouser, Patrick E ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Otitis media; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031862533     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00033     Document Type: Article

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