Temporary and permanent threshold shift: An overview

Scandinavian Audiology, Supplement

Volumn 27, Issue 48, 1998, Pages 75-86

  Quaranta, Antonio ^a   Portalatini, Paola ^a   Henderson, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Noise induced hearing loss; Permanent threshold shift; Temporary threshold shift

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; COCHLEA; EXPOSURE; HEARING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STAPES; TIME; AGE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; NOISE; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STAPEDIUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031932530     PISSN: 01078593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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