Hearing threshold levels for an otologically unscreened, non-occupationally noise-exposed population in Sweden

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 180-194

  Johansson, Magnus S K ^a   Arlinger, Stig D ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Hearing threshold level; Occupational noise; Otologically unscreened; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SWEDEN; TYMPANOMETRY; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036550645     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020209077182     Document Type: Article

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