Revisiting loudness measures in children using a computer method of cross modality matching (CMM)

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 486-497

  Serpanos, Yula Cherpelis ^a   Gravel, Judith S ^b,c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cross modality matching; Loudness; Loudness growth; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16544394696     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15.7.3     Document Type: Article

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