Progressive sensorineural hearing impairment in professional fishery divers

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1165-1169

  Haraguchi, Hidetoshi ^a,b   Noguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Ohgaki, Tohru ^a   Sugimoto, Taro ^a   Okubo, Jin ^a   Komatsuzaki, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Karuizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diving; Hearing; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344577846     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910801212     Document Type: Article

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