Personal listening devices and hearing loss: Seeking evidence of a long term problem through a successful short-term investigation

Noise and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 129-131

  Fligor, Brian ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERSONAL LISTENING DEVICE; PERSONAL MUSIC SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOUND;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; CELLULAR PHONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; NOISE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749129159     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.53356     Document Type: Short Survey

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