Latent cochlear damage in personal stereo users: A study based on click-evoked otoacoustic emissions

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 588-592

  LePage, Eric L ^a   Murray, Narelle M ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INNER EAR DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032556773     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb123426.x     Document Type: Article

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