A normative study of otoacoustic emissions, ear asymmetry, and gender effect in healthy schoolchildren in Slovakia

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-177

  Pavlovčinová, Gabriela ^a   Jakubíková, Janka ^a   Trnovec, Tomáš ^b   Lancz, Kinga ^b   Wimmerová, Soňa ^b   Šovčíková, Eva ^b   Palkovičová, Ľubica ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Children; Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Ear asymmetry; Gender; Otoacoustic emissions; Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; COCHLEA; EAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 72649098211     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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