Psychosomatic status affects the relationship between subjective hearing difficulties and the results of audiometry

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accordance; Audiometry; Hearing difficulties; Hearing impairment; Psychosomatic complaints; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342582726     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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