Pediatric Audiology: A Review of Assessment Methods for Infants

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Cone Wesson, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral methods; Electroacoustic; Electrophysiological; Infant hearing; Threshold

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTROCOCHLEOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 1842575635     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860310001979     Document Type: Review

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