Screening for hearing loss in the elderly using distortion product otoacoustic emissions, pure tones, and a self-assessment tool

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-107

  Jupiter, Tina ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Long Island AuD Consortium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Elderly; Hearing disability; Hearing screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OTOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 74549122614     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2009/08-0020)     Document Type: Article

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