Comparison of ear-canal reflectance and umbo velocity in patients with conductive hearing loss: A preliminary study

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Nakajima, Hideko H ^a,b,c   Pisano, Dominic V ^a   Roosli, Christof ^a,b   Hamade, Mohamad A ^a,b   Merchant, Gabrielle R ^a,c   Mahfoud, Lorice ^a,b   Halpin, Christopher F ^a,b   Rosowski, John J ^a,b,c   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; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EAR SURGERY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPES MOBILIZATION; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855248550     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31822ccba0     Document Type: Article

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