Prevalence of dead regions in subjects with sensorineural hearing loss

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-241

  Vinay, ^a,c   Moore, Brian C J ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Vijayanagar First Stage   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 34247597391     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31803126e2     Document Type: Article

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