Temporary threshold shift due to recreational firearm use

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 927-931

  Bapat, U ^a,b   Tolley, N ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firearms; Noise Induced Hearing Loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38449117206     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107005087     Document Type: Article

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