Evidence of hearing loss in a 'normally-hearing' college-student population

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Le Prell, C G ^a   Hensley, B N ^a   Campbell, K C M ^b   Hall, J W ^a   Guire, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

College student population; Hearing loss; High frequency; Noise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MP3 PLAYER; MUSIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; MUSIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551704336     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.540722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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