Computer-assisted audiometry versus manual audiometry

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 876-883

  Ho, Allan Thiam Poh ^a,b   Hildreth, Anthony J ^a   Lindsey, Leon ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audiology; Automated audiometry; Computer assisted audiometry; Health services research; Otogram; Otology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 70349754631     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181b120d0     Document Type: Article

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