Wideband ipsilateral measurements of middle-ear muscle reflex thresholds in children and adults

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3607-3616

  Schairer, Kim S ^a   Ellison, John C ^a   Fitzpatrick, Denis ^a   Keefe, Douglas H ^b  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sonicom Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MUSCLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MIDDLE EAR MUSCLE REFLEX (MEMR); WIDEBAND ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTION (WATF); WIDEBAND IPSILATERAL MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; EAR, MIDDLE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 34249887100     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2722213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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