Characteristics of the type B tympanogram can predict the magnitude of the air-bone gap in otitis media with effusion

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 450-454

  Sichel, Jean Yves ^a   Priner, Yerucham ^a   Weiss, Samuel ^a   Levi, Haya ^a   Barshtein, Gregory ^a   Eliashar, Ron ^a   Elidan, Josef ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air bone gap; Conductive hearing loss; Otitis media; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037500121     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200512     Document Type: Article

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