Reliability of electric response audiometry using 80 Hz auditory steady-state responses

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 477-486

  Kaf, Wafaa A ^a,c   Sabo, Diane L ^a   Durrant, John D ^a,b   Rubinstein, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory steady state response; Evoked response audiometry; Pure tone audiometry; Simulated sensorineural hearing loss; Slow vertex potential; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STEADY STATE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749172550     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600753197     Document Type: Article

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