The Aging Ear: An Otomicroscopic and Tympanometric Study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Stenklev, Niels Christian ^a   Vik, Ole ^a   Laukli, Einar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elderly; Middle ear; Otitis media; Presbyacusis; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; CERUMEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EARDRUM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; OTITIS MEDIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0842265638     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310002212     Document Type: Article

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