Reliability of computer-automated hearing thresholds in cochlear-impaired listeners using ER-4B canal phone™ earphones

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-264

  Henry, James A ^a   Flick, Christopher L ^b   Gilbert, Alison ^b   Ellingson, Roger M ^b   Fausti, Stephen A ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auditory threshold; Hearing; Reliability of results

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FREQUENCIES; RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER-AUTOMATED TECHNIQUE;

HEARING AIDS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA INJURY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038657834     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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