The post-auricular muscle response: An objective electrophysiological method for evaluating hearing sensitivity

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 625-630

  Purdy, Suzanne C ^a,b   Agung, Katrina B ^a,b   Hartley, David ^c   Patuzzi, Robert B ^d   O'Beirne, Greg A ^d  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Hearing   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evoked response; Eye turn; Hearing impaired; Objective audiometry; Post auricular muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CLICK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MONAURAL HEARING; POST AURICULAR MUSCLE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCALP;

EID: 28744441821     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500266639     Document Type: Article

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