Can hockey playoffs harm your hearing?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1541-1542

  Hodgetts, William E ^a,b   Liu, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Caritas Health Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NOISE INJURY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

EID: 33845666929     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060789     Document Type: Article

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