Some observations on the nature of the audiometric 4000 Hz notch: Data from 3430 veterans

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Wilson, Richard H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4000 Hz notched audiogram; Audiogram; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC STRESS; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953169855     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.1.4     Document Type: Article

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