Evaluation of the relation between audiometric and psychometric measures of hearing after tympanoplasty

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-262

  Korsten Meijer, Astrid G W ^a   Wit, Hero P ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audiometric measures of hearing; Hearing disability; Psychometric measures of hearing; Self assessment; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDUCTION; AMSTERDAM INVENTORY OF AUDITORY DISABILITY AND HANDICAP; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; TYMPANOPLASTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 33646451826     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0983-5     Document Type: Article

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