Racial and gender effects on pure-tone thresholds and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in normal-hearing young adults

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 419-426

  Dreisbach, Laura E ^a   Kramer, Steven J ^a   Cobos, Sandra ^b   Cowart, Kristin ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Gender; Normal hearing; Pure tone thresholds; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34547140386     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701355074     Document Type: Article

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