Pure-tone audiometric thresholds of young and older adults

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-116

  Kurakata, Kenji ^a   Mizunami, Tazu ^a   Matsushita, Kazuma ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging effect; Hearing threshold; ISO 7029; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGING EFFECT; HEARING THRESHOLD; ISO 7029; PURE-TONE AUDIOMETRY;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645143314     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.27.114     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. ISO 7029 (Second edition), Acoustics - Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds as a function of age (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, 2000).
2. K. Kurakata and T. Mizunami, "Reexamination of the age-related hearing sensitivity decrease in ISO 7029: Do the Japanese have better hearing sensitivity?" Acoust. Sci. & Tech., 26, 381-383 (2005).
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