Nasal sound analysis: A new method for evaluating nasal obstruction in allergic rhinitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2050-2054

  Tahamiler, Rauf ^a   Edizer, Deniz Tuna ^a   Canakcioglu, Salih ^a   Guvenc, Melih Guven ^a   Inci, Ender ^a   Dirican, Ahmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Allergic rhinitis; Nasal obstruction; Nasal sound; Odiosoft rhino

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND DETECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TURBINATES;

EID: 33750711779     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000240173.74885.0d     Document Type: Article

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