Does choir singing cause noise-induced hearing loss?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-51

  Steurer, Martin ^a   Simak, Susanne ^a   Denk, Doris Maria ^a   Kautzky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Choir singing; Hearing loss Noise; Musicians; Sex and age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLYMPH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSICIAN; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SINGING;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031984013     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099809072960     Document Type: Article

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