Wideband reflectance norms for Caucasian and Chinese young adults

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 774-788

  Shahnaz, Navid ^a   Bork, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Wild Rose Audiology Clinic Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OTOSCLEROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYMPANOMETRY; WIDEBAND ENERGY REFLECTANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; EAR, MIDDLE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33750630300     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000240568.00816.4a     Document Type: Article

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