Air-conduction estimated from tympanometry (ACET) 1: Relationship to measured hearing in OME

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-42

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Author keywords

Hearing thresholds; Imputation; Otitis media with effusion (OME); Prediction; Surrogate estimates; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BINAURAL HEARING; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 57049141487     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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