Accuracy of the Weber and Rinne tuning fork tests in evaluation of children with otitis media with effusion

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Behn, Agnieszka ^a   Westerberg, Brian D ^a   Zhang, Hongbin ^a   Riding, Keith H ^a   Ludemann, Jeffrey P ^a   Kozak, Frederick K ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductive hearing loss; Otitis media with effusion; Rinne; Tuning forks; Weber

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RINNE TEST; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNING FORK TEST; WEBER TEST;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34948866279     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2007.0025     Document Type: Article

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