High-frequency audiometry: A means for early diagnosis of noise-induced hearing loss

Noise and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 55, 2011, Pages 402-406

  Mehrparvar, Amir H ^a,b   Mirmohammadi, Seyyed J ^a   Ghoreyshi, Abbas ^a   Mollasadeghi, Abolfazl ^a   Loukzadeh, Ziba ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Occupational Medicine   (Iran)

Author keywords

Audiometry; High frequency audiometry; Noise; Noise induced hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 82955228898     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.90295     Document Type: Article

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