Auditory dysfunction in occupational noise exposed workers

Scandinavian Audiology, Supplement

Volumn 27, Issue 48, 1998, Pages 95-110

  Sallustio, Vincenzo ^a   Portalatini, Paola ^a   Soleo, Leonardo ^a   Cassano, Filippo ^a   Pesola, Giacomo ^a   Lasorsa, Giuseppe ^a   Quaranta, Nicola ^b   Salonna, Ignazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Audiological tests; Occupational noise induced hearing loss; Psychoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STAPES; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE COLOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; NOISE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; WORK;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE COLOR; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STAPEDIUS; TINNITUS; WORK;

EID: 0031929740     PISSN: 01078593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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