Prevalence of hearing disorders in Singapore military conscripts: A role for routine audiometry screening?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 622-627

  Toh, S T ^a,b   Lu, P ^d   Ong, M ^c   Seet, B ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Republic of Singapore Navy   (Singapore)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Audiogram; Hearing loss; Military; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSIC; RISK; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0344406261     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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