Acoustic reflex threshold and loudness in patients with unilateral hearing losses

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-11

  Kawase, T ^a   Hidaka, H ^a   Ikeda, K ^a   Hashimoto, S ^a   Takasaka, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflex; Clinical loudness; Middle ear muscle

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MIDDLE EAR; MUSCLE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031910975     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050013     Document Type: Article

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