A study of the effects of cochlear loss on the auditory brainstem response (ABR) specificity and false positive rate in retrocochlear assessment

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-164

  Watson, David Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Cochlear; Hearing loss; Retrocochlear; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INNER EAR DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032993814     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099909073017     Document Type: Article

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