Otoacoustic emissions and tympanometry in a general adult population in Sweden

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 448-464

  Johansson, Magnus S K ^a   Arlinger, Stig D ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Audiometry; Gender; General population; Otoacoustic emissions; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NOISE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0344413683     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020309081515     Document Type: Article

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