Reference zero for the calibration of air-conduction audiometric equipment using 'tone bursts' as test signals

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Fedtke, Thomas ^a   Richter, Utz ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Calibration; Reference hearing thresholds; Reference tone bursts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND DETECTION;

AIR; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33947267600     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020601050361     Document Type: Article

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