Air-conduction estimated from tympanometry (ACET): 2. The use of hearing level-ACET discrepancy (HAD) to determine appropriate use of bone-conduction tests in identifying permanent and mixed impairments

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-55

  Haggard, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Estimated hearing level; Hearing thresholds; Mixed hearing losses; Otitis media with effusion (OME); Screening; Tympanometry

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57049169133     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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