Maturation of auditory function related to hearing threshold estimations using the auditory brainstem response during infancy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Marcoux, Andre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; Evoked potentials; Hearing; Infant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650968165     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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