Validity of diagnostic computer-based air and forehead bone conduction audiometry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 210-214

  De Wet Swanepoel, D ^a,b   Biagio, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

air conduction; audiometry; automated audiometry; bone conduction; hearing; occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952690538     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.559417     Document Type: Article

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