Instrument-specific reports of hearing loss: Differences between classical and nonclassical musicians

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-38

  Chesky, Kris ^a,b   Henoch, Miriam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

EID: 0034001822     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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