A Varying Intensity Story Test for Simulated Hearing Loss

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-43

  Martin, Frederick N ^a   Champlin, Craig A ^a   Marchbanks, Tracey Parks ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Feigned hearing loss; Pseudohypacusis; Simulated hearing loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242642409     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0701.39     Document Type: Article

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