Audiologic assessment in infants

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 378-382

  Sininger, Yvonne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response (ABR); Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs); Real ear to coupler difference (RECD); Visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR; MUSCLE REFLEX; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SENSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; INFANT; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0141840791     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200310000-00012     Document Type: Review

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