Evaluation of an internet-based hearing test - Comparison with established methods for detection of hearing loss

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Bexelius, Christin ^a   Honeth, Louise ^b   Ekman, Alexandra ^a   Eriksson, Mikael ^a   Sandin, Sven ^a   Bagger Sjöbäck, Dan ^b   Litton, Jan Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audiometry, pure tone; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Hearing tests; Internet; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; AUDIOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AUDIOMETRY; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149215899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1065     Document Type: Article

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