Middle ear admittance and hearing abnormalities in individuals with osteoarthritis

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Rawool, Vishakha W ^a   Harrington, Brian T ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthritis; Hearing loss; Middle ear; Osteoarthritis; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846842505     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097799     Document Type: Article

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