AMTAS®: Automated method for testing auditory sensitivity: III. Sensorineural hearing loss and air-bone gaps

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 440-447

  Margolis, Robert H ^a,b   Moore, Brian C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Audiology Incorporated   (United States)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Automated audiometry; Hearing; Hearing test; Air conduction; Bone conduction; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958796453     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.575085     Document Type: Article

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