Objective calibration of bone conductors using otoacoustic emissions

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 375-392

  Purcell, D ^a,b   Kunov, H ^a   Cleghorn, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTOID; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0032860387     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199910000-00001     Document Type: Article

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