Continuous versus pulsed tones in audiometry

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-61

  Burk, Matthew H ^a,b   Wiley, Terry L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing thresholds; Pulsed tones; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OTOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OTOSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 16644380938     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2004/008)     Document Type: Article

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