Otoacoustic emission sensitivity to low levels of noise-induced hearing loss

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 387-401

  Sisto, Renata ^a   Chelotti, Silvia ^b   Moriconi, Lido ^b   Pellegrini, Stefania ^b   Citroni, Angela ^b   Monechi, Valeria ^b   Gaeta, Rosa ^c   Pinto, Iole ^c   Stacchini, Nicola ^c   Moleti, Arturo ^d  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

^b AUSL   (Italy)

^c AUSL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETERS; BANDWIDTH; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

HEARING LOSS; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION (OAE);

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND; TYMPANOMETRY; WORKPLACE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547492443     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2737668     Document Type: Article

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