Evaluation of cochlear function in normal-hearing young adults exposed to MP3 player noise by analyzing transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and distortion products

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 718-724

  Montoya, Francisco Santaolalla ^a   Ibargüen, Agustín Martinez ^a   Vences, Ana Rodriguez ^a   Rey, Ana Sanchez Del ^a   Fernandez, Jose Maria Sanchez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Noise induced hearing loss; Otoacoustic emissions; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; OTOSCOPY; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349123348     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.070191     Document Type: Article

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