Distributions of pure-tone hearing threshold levels among adolescents and adults in the United States by gender, ethnicity, and age: Results from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Flamme, Gregory A ^a   Deiters, Kristy ^a   Needham, Timothy ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Better ear; Demography, Health status; Hearing threshold levels; International standards, ISO 1999; National standards, ANSI S3.44 1996; Prevalence of hearing impairment; US population

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551709178     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.540582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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