Is the audiologic status of professional musicians a reflection of the noise exposure in classical orchestral music?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 753-758

  Emmerich, Edeltraut ^a   Rudel, Lars ^a   Richter, Frank ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing level; Occupational disease; Orchestral music; Otoacoustic emission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NOISE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44649174381     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0538-z     Document Type: Article

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