Tympanometric characteristics of Chinese school-aged children

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-168

  Wong, Lena L N ^a,b   Au, Joyce W Y ^a   Wan, Imelda K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 43149107439     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318164aa61     Document Type: Article

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