Ear-canal reflectance, umbo velocity, and tympanometry in normal-hearing adults

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-34

  Rosowski, John J ^a,b,c   Nakajima, Hideko H ^a,b,c   Hamade, Mohamad A ^a,b   Mahfoud, Lorice ^a,b   Merchant, Gabrielle R ^a,c   Halpin, Christopher F ^a   Merchant, Saumil N ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CALIBRATION; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855240758     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31822ccb76     Document Type: Article

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