Preferred and minimum acceptable listening levels for musicians while using floor and in-ear monitors

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 147-159

  Federman, Jeremy ^a,b   Ricketts, Todd ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Audiology; Hearing conservation; Hearing loss; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSICIAN; NOISE;

ADULT; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 38849125050     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/011)     Document Type: Article

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