Modification of the Threshold Equalising Noise (TEN) test for cochlear dead regions for use with steeply sloping high-frequency hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Markessis, Emily ^a,c,e   Kapadia, Sarosh ^a   Munro, Kevin ^a,d   Moore, Brian C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dead regions; Filtering; High frequency hearing loss; Loudness discomfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILTRATION; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; LOUDNESS; NOISE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 29244482028     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500376990     Document Type: Article

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