Low-level otoacoustic emissions may predict susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 280-296

  Lapsley Miller, Judi A ^a   Marshall, Lynne ^a   Heller, Laurie M ^b   Hughes, Linda M ^a  

^a Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS; AUDIOMETERS; AUDITION; DISTORTION (WAVES); NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

AUDIOMETRIC THRESHOLDS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EMISSION AMPLITUDE; NOISE-INDUCED-HEARING-LOSS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SHIPS;

EID: 33745764450     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2204437     Document Type: Article

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