Auditory thresholds and factors contributing to hearing loss in a large sample of percussionists

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-58

  Hoffman, Jenna S ^a   Cunningham, David R ^a   Lorenz, Douglas J ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR PROTECTION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TINNITUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745203736     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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