Extended high-frequency audiometry in subjects exposed to occupational noise

B-ENT

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-155

  Korres, G S ^a   Balatsouras, Dimitrios G ^b,c   Tzagaroulakis, A ^a   Kandiloros, D ^a   Ferekidis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extended high frequency audiometry; Hearing; Noise induced hearing loss; Occupational hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENDED HIGH FREQUENCY AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54549092583     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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