Intercontinental hearing assessment - a study in tele-audiology

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 248-252

  de Swanepoel, Wet ^a,c   Koekemoer, Dirk ^b   Clark, Jackie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Research and Development Department   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMEDICINE; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954873142     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.090906     Document Type: Article

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