Detecting incipient inner-ear damage from impulse noise with otoacoustic emissions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 995-1013

  Marshall, Lynne ^a   Lapsley Miller, Judi A ^a   Heller, Laurie M ^a,d   Wolgemuth, Keith S ^b,e   Hughes, Linda M ^a   Smith, Shelley D ^c   Kopke, Richard D ^b,f  

^a Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^f HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRIC THRESHOLDS; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA SETS; EMISSION SHIFTS; HEARING LOSS; NOISE SOURCES; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; STANDARD ERRORS; THRESHOLD SHIFTS; U.S. MARINE CORPS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; AUDITION;

AUDIOMETERS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR, INNER; FIREARMS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849086888     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3050304     Document Type: Article

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